- Date
- July 28, 1983, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Youngstown, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4260TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830728035869A
- Case key
- 12280
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Analysis
While on a x-country flt, the eng lost power before the acft arrived at the destination arpt. The plt switched fuel tanks, turned on the boost pump & restarted the eng, but aprx 1 min later power was lost again. There was insufficient altitude to glide to the arpt, so the plt elected to land in a swamp & avoid crashing in a wooded area. During the landing, the acft was badly damaged. An investigation revealed the plt had calculated his fuel at 65% power. Accoring to these calculations, the aircraft showuld have flown 5 1/2 hrs; however, according to the tach time, the eng lost power after 4.68 hrs. The owner stated that this particular acft usually burned aprx 10 gal/hr. With 48 gal of usable fuel. This would have yielded 4.8 hrs of flt time, not accounting for start, taxi, run-up, takeoff & climb. Reportedly, the acft had carburetor problems prior to the accident, but the owner stated that the problem involved the eng running lean at low RPM. The plt did not mention any fuel gauge problem in his statement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4260T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7205123
- Airframe hours
- 3,005
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Taylor Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 9, 1983 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- ASH · Nashua, NH
- Destination
- YNG · Youngstown, OH
- Airport
- YNG · Youngstown
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 244 in this make and model · 211 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 54 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.