- Date
- October 28, 1983, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Warsaw, IN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15419Piper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831028055899A
- Case key
- 12485
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collapsed the landing gear during a forced landing following eng failure. The acft had been flown 5.5 hours before landing 3 miles NE of the intended refueling stop. The pilot had passed ft wayne at flt time of 5+ hours with about 10 gallons of fuel remaining as estimated using the guages. After the accident an FAA inspector found no signs of a fuel leak. The right tip tank had been destroyed. The remaining tanks contained no fuel. The main fuel line contained only a few drops of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15419
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7300007
- Airframe hours
- 2,848
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George R. Melnyk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 28, 1983 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- PVG · Hampton Roads, VA
- Destination
- SBN · South Bend, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,550 total · 108 in this make and model · 2,480 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 30 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.