- Date
- September 11, 1992, 18:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Brandenburg, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N83628Piper PA-44-180T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920911036579A
- Case key
- 11847
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Probable cause
The pilot's in-flight planning/decision 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 pilot was descending through 4000 feet en route to his destination which was 75 miles away when the left engine lost power. The pilot stated that he followed the emergency check list and power was restored; however, shortly thereafter both engines lost power. The pilot radioed his destination approach control that he had a sick passenger on board, and asked for the closest airport. He was provided vectors to an airport 10 miles away, but decided to make a forced landing in a field as he stated that he was low on fuel. According to the FAA, a visual inspection of both nacelle fuel tanks disclosed no evidence of fuel, and no noticeable fuel vapors were present. The examination also revealed that the tanks were not ruptured or damaged. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction, nor could the basis for the report of the sick passenger be established.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83628
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-8107048
- Airframe hours
- 2,273
- Engine
- Lycoming TO-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- P.C. Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- P.C Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 26, 1992 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, KS
- Destination
- SDF · Louisville, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,868 total · 406 in this make and model · 1,810 as pilot in command · 191 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDF, 1 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.