- Date
- January 2, 1985, 17:07 local (Jan 3, 1985, 00:07 UTC)
- Place
- Yoder, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2112KPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850102000099A
- Case key
- 16620
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Analysis
Engine quit during cruise flight. Pilot made forced landing on dirt road during which the acft veered off the road and collided with a fence post. Fire department officials reported no evidence of fuel either in the fuel tanks or around the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2112K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287990234
- Airframe hours
- 121,829
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas J. Lennox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1984 · 6,515 hours before
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
- 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 194 total · 9 in this make and model · 139 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 35 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.