- Date
- October 17, 1987, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1547XPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7658
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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 reported a gradual decrease in power after reaching 4000 feet. The plt was unable to obtain a restart. He then elected to attempt a forced landing in a field. The aircraft collided with a tree prior to landing. The aircraft collided with and came to rest about 150 feet from a fence. The aircraft was fueled with 20 gallons of 100 low lead prior to departing gainesville. The fixed base operator stated that fuel samples were taken and there were no visible contaminates seen in the fuel. There were no reports of fuel problems by others who purchased fuel from gainesville on October 17, 1987. The investigation failed to discover any reason for the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1547X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7535321
- Airframe hours
- 3,432
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John F. Armstrong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- Gainesville, GA
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,402 total · 35 in this make and model · 101 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F