- Date
- June 9, 1985, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7697LPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850609023609A
- Case key
- 21770
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt filed and flt planned for an overwater route between clearwater, FL, and Dallas, TX, which was denied due to ATC restrictions. On arrival over new orleans, a planned re-fueling stop, the plt determined that he would make it to Dallas. On arrival in the Dallas area, he estimated that he could not make love field (dal) and diverted to redbird arpt (rdb). On base, both engs quit due to fuel exhaustion. The acft was landed long with the gear and flaps up and slid off the end of the rwy. Plt overflew at least 1 arpt after he decided to divert to rdb.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7697L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7305027
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Suncoast Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RDB · Redbird, runway 17, 3,801 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,981 total · 36 in this make and model · 5,851 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7697L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.