- Date
- July 25, 1991, 17:08 local (22:08 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8507PPiper PA-24-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910725029899A
- Case key
- 23370
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation induced loss of power due to a blocked finger fuel strainer in the fuel servo unit. A factor was the unsuitable terrain at the pilot's disposal.
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
A private pilot enroute to oshkosh, Wisconsin, was making an intermediate refueling stop when he noticed an abnormally low fuel flow, followed by a rough running engine. The pilot initiated emergency procedures to restore normal engine operation to no avail. The engine stopped and the pilot initiated a forced landing to the only area that was clear of high vegetation. The aircraft landed hard in rolling terrain. The engine stoppage was caused by fuel starvation as a result of a blocked finger fuel strainer in the fuel servo unit by an unspecified contaminant.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8507P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26-87
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephan P. Schipper
- Registered owner
- Stephan P. Schipper
- Departed
- BRB · Broken Bow, OK
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,150 total · 50 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.