- Date
- July 12, 1982, 20:12 local (Jul 13, 1982, 01:12 UTC)
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25187Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820712044459A
- Case key
- 71966
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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
The pilot reported that as he attempted to apply power at the end of a descent, the engine failed to respond. Approach control provided vectors to an airport, but the aircraft was too low to reach it. The pilot selected a road for a landing, but noticed power lines and elected to land on a hill, adjacent to the road. Just prior to touchdown, the left main gear struck a fence and separated. After touchdown, the nose gear collapsed and the plane slid to a stop. An investigation revealed that the fuel selector was position to the right tank and the right tank was empty. The pilot reported that he had not selected the left tank during the descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25187
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-80A0052
- Airframe hours
- 1,085
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Trinity Piper, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Trinity Piper, Inc.
- Departed
- Ft. Worth, TX
- Destination
- San Antonio, TX
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 58 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 196 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 15 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.