- Date
- November 26, 1985, 16:30 local (Nov 27, 1985, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ukiah, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N123Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851126076289A
- Case key
- 25024
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While en route to sonoma county arpt, santa rosa, CA, the plt became concerned about the acft fuel state. The plt elected to divert to Ukiah arpt, Ukiah, CA, and while en route the acft experienced total pwr loss due to fuel starvation. During the forced landing the plt landed long, overran the departure end of the rwy and collided with a localizer antenna. The plt reported that he failed to switch to the auxiliary fuel tanks which contained fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7654704
- Airframe hours
- 270
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-C1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Samuel D. Cowen
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Bradley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1985 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- 054 · Weaverville, CA
- Destination
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport
- UKI · Ukiah, runway 15, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 322 total · 171 in this make and model · 96 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.