- Date
- September 29, 1983, 18:42 local (22:42 UTC)
- Place
- Conneaut, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4511TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830929052409A
- Case key
- 12357
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 plt reported that while descending near his destination, the eng stopped & started 3 or 4 times, then would not restart. Just prior to that, he noted the right fuel gage indicated 8 gal & the left gage indicated 2 gal. He then landed 'in the rough' on a golf course. During the landing, the nose & right main gear collapsed & the left main gear, both wings & the eng cowling were damaged. The plt reported that after landing, both tanks appeared to be empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4511T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225177
- Airframe hours
- 3,232
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Karl N. Zetterholm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1983 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 177 · Cincinnati, OH
- Destination
- ERI · Erie, PA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 161 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ERI, 20 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.