- Date
- November 23, 1988, 23:14 local (Nov 24, 1988, 05:14 UTC)
- Place
- Marquette, MI
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3662WPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881123052299A
- Case key
- 14313
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After encountering unforecast adverse wx at his intended destn, the plt circled the area a couple of times, then diverted to Marquette, MI. However, before reaching the alternate arpt, the eng lost power due to fuel exhaustion. Subsequently, the acft collided with trees drg a night landing. The plt planned to arrive at the original destn with enough fuel to proceed to an altn arpt. He noted that since the acft had no EGT gauge, his attempts to lean the mixture to a more efficient fuel/air ratio were relatively imprecise.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3662W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-569
- Airframe hours
- 10,679
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Northern Airmotive Partners
- Registered owner
- Norther Airmotive Partners
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 17, 1988 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- LAN · Lansing, MI
- Destination
- Hancock, MI
- 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 255 total · 20 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQT, 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.