- Date
- June 6, 1989, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bristow, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7959YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890606014439A
- Case key
- 22876
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper fuel management and failure of the inflight restart attempt.
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
All enginesFactor
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel tank selector position - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7959Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1056
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Stevenson, Red, doing business as Red S. Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Stevenson, Red
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 0OK7 · Haskell, OK
- Destination
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- 3F7 · Jones Memorial
N7959YRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2003 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-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
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,237 total · 11 in this make and model · 2,047 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 39 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.
Other investigations on N7959Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.