- Date
- August 3, 1991, 18:33 local (23:33 UTC)
- Place
- Loman, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CFAOQPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15147
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to fuel consumption calculations misjudged 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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - none suitable
Analysis
The pilot said that during a cross country flight the engine failed. An emergency landing was attempted on an unimproved rural area which resulted in substantial damage to the acft. The pilot said that post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFAOQ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-2024
- Airframe hours
- 2,961
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Franklin, Barry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 28, 1991 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 48Y · Piney Pine, MN
- Destination
- INL · Int'L Falls, MN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,670 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,595 as pilot in command · 129 in the last 90 days · 96 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Observed at
- INL, 25 nm away