# NTSB CHI83IA360: Piper PA31-310, N9135Y, Mount Vernon, OH, August 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1983, 17:58 local (21:58 UTC)
- Place: Mount Vernon, OH
- Coordinates: 40.390342, -82.469665 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3903&lon=-82.4697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12054
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83IA360
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12054/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83IA360

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - fatigue (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - above, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - emergency

## Analysis

ON FINAL APPROACH BOTH ENGINES FAILED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND INTENTIONAL GEAR UP SHORT OF THERUNWAY. LESS THAN 1 PINT OF FUEL WAS FOUND ON BOARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9135Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9135Y-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 31-182, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31-310
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-310](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (registry code 7103102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31182
- Airframe hours: 4696
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540A1A 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Colonial City Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 15, 1983, 25 hours before
- Departed: CAK, AKRON, OH
- Airport: 413, Knox County, runway 28, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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: 12,030 total, 434 in this make and model, 11,282 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CMH, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830804039469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830804039469A), Aug 4, 1983: Piper PA31, Mount Vernon, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot landed aircraft short of runway, gear up after engines quit from fuel exhaustion.

## Other investigations on N9135Y (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA86LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA008), Oct 7, 1985: Piper PA-31-310 (N9135Y), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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