- Date
- September 30, 1984, 17:36 local (22:36 UTC)
- Place
- Rosenburg, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2416GPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840930055309A
- Case key
- 21481
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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 - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - not performedCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - overload
Analysis
The acft was subst damaged during a forced landing following a total loss of power. Investigation revealed the acft was on the return leg of a x-country when the student plt became lost & while searching for an arpt ran out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2416G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0522
- Airframe hours
- 952
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patricia M. Sampson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1984 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- T39 · Huntsville, TX
- Destination
- LBX · Lake Jackson, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.