- Date
- July 17, 1988, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chebanse, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8807LPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880717027009A
- Case key
- 13856
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had been refueled with pilot's stated quantity of 20 gals of fuel. After completing his spray operation and returning to base he stated 'ran out of gas'. Acft had been airborne 1 + 15 plus taxi and engine runup.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8807L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 255304
- Airframe hours
- 5,129
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Rusk Crop Spraying Co, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rusk Crop Spraying Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- IKK · Kankakee, IL
- Destination
- Gilman, IL
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,934 total · 2,160 in this make and model · 9,346 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 48 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.
Other investigations on N8807L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.