- Date
- October 4, 1985, 20:30 local (Oct 5, 1985, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Perry, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8831FPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851004049169A
- Case key
- 6987
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Analysis
The acft landed short of the rwy during a forced landing following loss of pwr during a x-country flt of 2 hrs. 3 witnesses saw the acft bring refueled but the only one who mentioned the amount of fuel added was the refueler who said he'topped off' all 4 tanks. The fuel receipt totaled 57 gals but it was for two acft. Only 30 gals was put in the acc acft. The plt of the acc flt said the fuel gauges went to zero as he was being vectored around heavy turbulence. The eng was restarted after a change of fuel tanks but failed again and would not restart. During the landing the acft clipped trees & elec wires before crashing upside down. Investigation after the acc revealed no fuel aboard the acft and no evidence of spillage. No fuel leaks in the fuel sys was noted. The plt thinks the fuel vented or syphoned out of the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8831F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7740025
- Airframe hours
- 792
- Engine
- Lycoming IO540K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Geoffrey Green
- Registered owner
- Dr. A. S. Rosemore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1985 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Destination
- 54A · Perry, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 54A · Perry-Ft. Valley, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,274 total · 97 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.