- Date
- November 26, 1992, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15813Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921126047919A
- Case key
- 18620
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Factors were the inaccurate fuel consumption calculations and the unsuitable terrain.
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
During a cross country flight the airplane experienced a loss of engine power during cruise operations. The airplane had flown for five hours and 50 minutes at the time of loss of engine power. During the landing to a curved road the airplane struck a road sign and a fence. An examination of the accident site revealed no fuel spillage. During the examination of the airplane only traces of fuel were found in the right wing and the left wing contained approximately a half a pint of 100LL fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15813
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 7305153
- Airframe hours
- 3,947
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A48, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald H. Jacques
- Registered owner
- Donald H. Jacques
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1992 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 249 total · 147 in this make and model · 199 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW, 10 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.