- Date
- November 11, 1990, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oswego, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6981PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901111049759A
- Case key
- 14956
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to improper placement of the fuel tank selector by the pilot.
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
While attempting to land, the plt said he was too high and proceeded to make a go-around. Shortly after, the airplane lost power and an emergency ldg was attempted in a soft, muddy farm field. Post accident investigation by the FAA revealed the fuel tank selector to be on an empty tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6981P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2124
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hetherington, John R
- Departed
- H66 · Nowata, OK
- Destination
- K67
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CNU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.