- Date
- October 15, 1988, 21:30 local (Oct 16, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairview Hts., IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4545FPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881015052329A
- Case key
- 14299
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due inaccurate fuel consumption calculations.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indicationFactor
Fuel supply - misjudgedCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Object - sign
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4545F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7715048
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hurst Flight Training, Inc., doing business as Hurst Flight Training, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Timothy And Jennifer Koba
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1988 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- 22G · Elyria, OH
- Destination
- 3WE · St Louis, MO
- 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 8 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 33 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.