- Date
- August 4, 1982, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newellton, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2375JPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820804034699A
- Case key
- 72010
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During flight, the engine lost power and the pilot made a forced landing in a plowed field. While landing on the soft terrain, the aircraft flipped over. The pilot reported that the engine had failed due to fuel starvation when one fuel tank ran dry while the other tank was full. He stated that before taking off, he had looked at both sight guages and that both looked alike. He noted that when a tank is either full or empty, the level of the fuel cannot be seen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2375J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7909114
- Airframe hours
- 137
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nathan O. Kifer
- Registered owner
- Nathan O. Kifer
- Departed
- Newellton, LA
- Destination
- Newellton, LA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,900 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.