- Date
- May 3, 1990, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cartersville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7868PPiper PA-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900503013339A
- Case key
- 8236
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the engine fuel mixture control which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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 airplane was fueled & flown 2.7 hours from panama city FL to nashville TN 11 days prior. The pilot said he kept the mixture rich until the last hour of the flight. Without refueling he left nashville for the accident flight to chamblee ga. One hour after take off both tanks went dry at the same time, the pilot said. Examination of the wreckage revealed no fuel remained in the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7868P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3093
- Airframe hours
- 3,514
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis K. Jacobs
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1989
- Departed
- JWN · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- PDK · Chamblee, GA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,240 total · 739 in this make and model · 1,235 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °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.
Other investigations on N7868P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.