- Date
- April 26, 1987, 20:30 local (Apr 27, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pinehurst, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7136PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870426011519A
- Case key
- 7418
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot called approach control and reported he was out of fuel and didn't think he was going to make the airport. He had landed at an airport enroute but had not refueled. He stated that he started descending when he got within ten miles of the airport. He crashed and was found less than a mile from the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7136P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 242301
- Airframe hours
- 6,317
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Strickland
- Registered owner
- Sea Transport Shipping Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1986 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- OMN · Ormand Beach, FL
- Destination
- SOP · Southern Pines, NC
- Airport
- Moore County, runway 5, 5,500 × 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 827 total · 35 in this make and model · 801 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7136P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.