- Date
- August 26, 1983, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Arden, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N628APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830826044529A
- Case key
- 23839
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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) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,line - failure,totalCause
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Between 50-100 ft AGL after takeoff the eng quit. Examination revealed that the fuel supply line between the left wing fuel tank & the fuselage had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N628A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-31
- Airframe hours
- 3,373
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald L Florence
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Destination
- L15 · Henderson, NV
- Airport
- runway 6, 2,000 × 40 ft, gravel
N628ARegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 11 in this make and model · 201 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 6 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.