- Date
- July 13, 1987, 21:20 local (Jul 14, 1987, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Jenks, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1976TPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870713034459A
- Case key
- 22258
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.
Analysis
Although it was determined that the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion, the exact sequence of events that led to this event was not determined. The pilot reported that the aircraft was out of fuel over the radio and no fuel was found in the aircraft. There was no evidence of fuel leakage found at the crash site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1976T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7690462
- Airframe hours
- 2,344
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sittler Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 13, 1987 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Destination
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RVS · Riverside, runway 36, macadam
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 172 total · 50 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.