- Date
- August 27, 1988, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Youngstown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N38346Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880827035429A
- Case key
- 14153
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft experienced a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion while on final approach to the runway. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the pilot was seriously injured when the aircraft impacted the ground approximately 25' short of the approach end of the runway and nosed down. According to the pilot's wife, the pilot has no recollection of the accident or events preceding the accident due to the seriousness of the head injuries he received. The police report stated that there was no fuel in the tank, or on the ground around the aircraft, and that 'propeller (blades) not bent, appears engine not running at time of crash.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38346
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6954
- Airframe hours
- 4,722
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Price, David M.
- Registered owner
- Price, David M
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1988 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Vienna, OH
- Airport
- 04G · Lansdowne, runway 20, 3,027 × 40 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG, 8 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 N38346 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.