- Date
- December 26, 1983, 21:30 local (Dec 27, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44042Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831226064639A
- Case key
- 12510
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Analysis
The acft made an off arpt forced landing after the engine quit. According to the plt, the flt departed wichita falls, TX at 1516 with 48 gallons of fuel on board. When about 7 miles south-southeast of Terre Haute, IN, the engine quit. Theplt tried to restart the engine but could not. The fuel gauges indicated between 1/16 and 1/8 of a tank at this time. The time of the accident was 2130. An FAA inspector examined the acft and reported that the fuel tanks were empty at the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44042
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7435292
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Holloman Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SPS · Wichita Falls, TX
- Destination
- 4I8 · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 824 total · 13 in this make and model · 499 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 3 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.