- Date
- May 30, 1983, 18:00 local (May 31, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Molokai, HI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N31914Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830530025269A
- Case key
- 23735
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had just been checked out in a C-172 which he had been flying the past 3 days. He then switched acft and this flt was in a PA-28. The C-172 tank selector has a both tanks position and the PA-28 does not. The tank selector was on left tank when the engine quit. The pilot switched to another position but did not check it visually due to low altitude. After the landing the selector was found to be between the left and right tank. The left tank was empty, the right tank was full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31914
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7890485
- Airframe hours
- 1,387
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nubb Aire
- Registered owner
- Clayton E. Stillings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 23, 1983
- Departed
- OGG · Kahului, Maui, HI
- Destination
- HNO · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MKK · Molokai
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 5 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKK, 2 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.