- Date
- February 27, 1983, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Madeira, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6809JPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830227005489A
- Case key
- 12098
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Analysis
The acft crashed into trees during a forced landing after the engine stopped operating while approaching an arpt. The acft was on a cross country flt from dayton to cincinnati in VMC weather. The acft was inspected at the scene and the engine was removed and taken to an FAA repair station for a test run. There was no evidence of a fuel leak at the accident scene. The acft had 58 gallons on board departing dayton and the flt had only taken 35 minutes. When inspected at the scene the fuel manifold line to the carburetor was dry. At the repair station the engine was test run, it started immediately and passed the malfunctions run in specification.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6809J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7600019
- Airframe hours
- 2,431
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dayton Pilots Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1982 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- MGY · Dayton, OH
- Destination
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 337 total · 92 in this make and model · 291 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 5 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.