- Date
- April 19, 1983, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rice Lake, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1491TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830419016139A
- Case key
- 12134
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Analysis
The acft hit a ditch and nosed over during a forced landing after the engine quit. The plt was on a cross country and had landed enroute 3 times without refueling. With the assistance of eau claire fss he overflew Rice Lake arpt but could not find it. The acft ran out of fuel and landed 2 miles from the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1491T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7205308
- Airframe hours
- 2,509
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Loren F Brown
- Registered owner
- L-F-K Investments
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1983
- Departed
- STE · Stevens Point, MI
- Destination
- RIE · Rice Lake, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 69 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIE, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1491T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.