- Date
- March 2, 1983, 15:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Shiro, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2381KPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830302006169A
- Case key
- 20824
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Analysis
While on a solo cross-country, the student plt became disoriented on the 3rd leg of the flt. He reoriented himself, but the eng lost power before he reached his intended destination. During an emergency landing, the acft encountered soft terrain & was damaged when it rolled across a 3 ft deep ditch. Aprx 5 to 6 gal of fuel was found in the left tank & only about 1 gal was remaining in the right tank. Unusable fuel was 1 gal per tank. The student said that when the eng lost power, he moved the fuel selector to the left tank, then switched to the right tank & back to the left tank again while he was trying to restart the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2381K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0605
- Airframe hours
- 1,323
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Best Aviation/Samir Patel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- T72 · Hearne, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 35 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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