- Date
- March 10, 1986, 22:15 local (Mar 11, 1986, 04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Krotz Springs, LA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40820Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860310005919A
- Case key
- 21954
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed into a road sign during a forced landing on a hiway following fuel exhaustion. The plt had made a x-country flt and only added ten gals of fuel for the return trip. His estimate of fuel remaining was inaccurate partly because the carburetor was improperly adjusted and leaked under pressure. Past fuel records showed fuel consumption ranged between 9 & 12.5 gals/hr. Post-acc invest revealed that both wing tanks were empty as were the fuel filter and carburetor float chamber.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40820
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7425172
- Airframe hours
- 3,090
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ramp One Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Darryl Wagley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 24, 1985 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- AL15 · Gulf Shores, AL
- Destination
- OPL · Opelousas, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,847 total · 500 in this make and model · 5,509 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °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.