- Date
- April 12, 1987, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6166ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870412009129A
- Case key
- 22348
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. Aircraft collided with trees short of rwy 33.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6166Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-196
- Airframe hours
- 3,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George A. Long
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 18, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 4R8 · Jackson, LA
- Airport
- 4R8 · Jackson, runway 15, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
N6166ZRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Piper PA-25Airframe modelPiper PA-25Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 102 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTR, 122 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.