- Date
- March 9, 1986, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sulphur, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3821PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860309005989A
- Case key
- 22135
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Analysis
On March 9, 1986, at 0900 CST, Piper aircraft PA22-150, N3821P, registered to derrick d. smith, experienced a power failure due to fuel exhaustion. This was a pleasure flight in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight had originated at dequincy, Louisiana, on March 9, 1986, at approximately 0800 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3821P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3511
- Airframe hours
- 2,990
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320A2, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Derrick D. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1986 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- 5R8 · Dequincy, LA
- Destination
- LCH · Lake Charles, LA
- Airport
- LCH · Lake Charles
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 3 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3821P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.