- Date
- March 14, 1989, 18:30 local (Mar 15, 1989, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Henryetta, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9023DPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890314003819A
- Case key
- 22846
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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Probable cause
The loss of engine power from fuel starvation due to inadequate inflight planning/decision.
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
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Weather condition - unfavorable wind
Weather condition - sand/dust storm
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9023D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6160
- Airframe hours
- 3,582
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Transue, James W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- ACT · Waco, TX
- Destination
- 0OK7 · Haskell, OK
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,040 total · 10 in this make and model · 823 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLC, 50 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.