- Date
- September 4, 1992, 19:30 local (Sep 5, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moran, MI
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5572JPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920904035449A
- Case key
- 15538
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper selection of fuel tank resulting in fuel starvation. A factor was the pilot-in-command's encounter with unsuitable terrain.
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
During normal cruise the airplane experienced a partial loss of power. The pilot indicated that he was unable to determine the cause and selected a field for an emergency landing. During touchdown the airplane impacted the terrain. Subsequent to the accident no usable fuel was found in the fuel tank selected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5572J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-988
- Airframe hours
- 3,128
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Bedour Construction, doing business as Great Lakes Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 83D · St. Ignace, MI
- Destination
- 83D
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 411 total · 101 in this make and model · 335 as pilot in command · 124 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CIU, 40 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.