- Date
- July 26, 1983, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Stillwater, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6196PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 20988
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel supply - improper use ofCause
Forced landing
Emergency procedure - improperCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - utility pole
Analysis
While on a solo x-country flt, the eng lost power & the student plt landed on a highway. During the emergency landing, the right wing hit a road sign & the acft went off the right side of the highway & hit other structures. The fuel selector was found positioned to the left outboard position & the left outboard fuel tank was empty. The student stated that he had not switched tanks & had not leaned the mixture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6196P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1298
- Airframe hours
- 3,232
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas Leatherman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1983
- Departed
- HBR · Hobart, OK
- Destination
- SWO · Stillwater, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SWO · Stillwater Muni
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNC, 35 nm away