- Date
- May 17, 1982, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7705YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820517016379A
- Case key
- 72478
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Due to unfavorable weather conditions enroute to austin, TX the pilot diverted to San Antonio, TX. The engines lost power as the aircraft approached the destination airport. The pilot was unable to restart the engines or glide to the airport and the pilot landed in a forest of scrub oak trees. Less then one gallon of fuel was found in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7705Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-793
- Airframe hours
- 3,536
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Neil & Barbara Stevens
- Registered owner
- Neil & Barbara Stevens
- Departed
- Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- Austin, TX
- 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,280 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,010 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 5 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.