- Date
- June 20, 1989, 01:02 local (07:02 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8419WPiper PA28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890620016309A
- Case key
- 17725
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Probable cause
The failure of the student to properly plan the flt resulting in fuel exhaustion.
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
This student plt departed the Broomfield, CO airport late at night, with 18 gals of fuel aboard his acft, in order to obtain some night time flt experience. After flying almost two hrs, and while on approach for landing, the acft engine suddenly stopped. After trying to restart the engine without success, the plt made an emergency forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8419W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-2646
- Airframe hours
- 2,501
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hudec, Michael A.
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- BJC · Jefferson County Airport, runway 29R, 9,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 4 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N8419W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.