- Date
- August 10, 1988, 20:00 local (Aug 11, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Beaver Dam, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4856YPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880810037299A
- Case key
- 13882
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While in cruise flight the aircraft experienced a total loss of power due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot stated that there were no good landing areas available, so he elected to make the emergency landing in a marsh. The aircraft landed hard and sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4856Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4657
- Airframe hours
- 2,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- James J. Davis, doing business as Agland Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Agland Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1988 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- UNU · Juneau, WI
- Destination
- UNU
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 11,300 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 28 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.