- Date
- June 6, 1993, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kewanee, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8236CPiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930606017069A
- Case key
- 15725
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane prior to fuel exhaustion. A factor in the accident is the pilot's inadvertent stall/mush during the forced landing.
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
Shortly after takeoff the pilot initiated a left climbing turn to depart the traffic pattern. During the turn the airplane's engine stopped running. The pilot stated he attempted to return to the airport but was not high enough and '... Got to slow...' To land on the runway. The airplane touched down hard in a corn field and nosed over according to the pilot. An on-scene investigation revealed what the federal aviation administration's principal maintenance inspector referred to as 'traces' of fuel found in the fuel tanks, carburetor float bowl, and accelerator pump chamber.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8236C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2322
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maple City Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Maple City Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1992
- Destination
- Geneseo, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 909 total · 12 in this make and model · 827 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- MLI, 34 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.
Other investigations on N8236C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.