- Date
- May 11, 1990, 22:15 local (May 12, 1990, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Anderson, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6382CPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900511015649A
- Case key
- 14667
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command failed to select the fuel valve to a tank containing usable fuel resulting in fuel starvation.
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.
Analysis
On a dark night, the private pilot with one passenger was returning from a cross country trip. Near the intended destination airport, a total power loss of the engine was experienced. An emergency landing was attempted at the intended landing airport; however, the aircraft impacted short of the runway in trees. Subsequent investigation revealed that the fuel selector was positioned to the right tank, which contained no usable fuel; however, the left tank was full of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6382C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7890369
- Airframe hours
- 1,328
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anderson Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SIV · Sullivan, IN
- Destination
- AID · Anderson, IN
- Airport
- AID · Anderson Muni., runway 30, 5,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 5 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIE, 13 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.