- Date
- April 13, 1986, 19:45 local (Apr 14, 1986, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brooklyn Center, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84277Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860413011589A
- Case key
- 13320
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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
When the aircraft experienced a total power failure due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot determined that it was not possible to make a forced landing on an airport, the pilot elected to land on a highway. The pilot stated that when he was not able to land in the lane he had originally chosen, the aircraft was intentionally landed in an alternate lane. During the landing roll the aircraft struck an automobile. The pilot was not injured, however the driver of the automobile received serious injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84277
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8190300
- Airframe hours
- 3,129
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Univ. Of Minnesota
- Registered owner
- David Bachman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- FCM · Minneapolis, MN
- Destination
- ANE · Minneapolis, MN
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 33 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 100° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 12 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.