- Date
- August 31, 1990, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Logansport, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7330ZPiper PA25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900831044509A
- Case key
- 14766
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Probable cause
The engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. The presence of standing corn in the touchdown area was a factor.
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
The accident airplane performed a forced landing in a corn field after running out of fuel during a personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged during the off-airport landing although the commercial instrument rated pilot was not injured. During a post accident interview with FAA inspectors, the pilot stated that he ran out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7330Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3230
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jimmie D. Hurt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- GGP · Logansport, IN
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 2,200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.