- Date
- April 9, 1986, 20:03 local (Apr 10, 1986, 04:03 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9237KPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860409010679A
- Case key
- 25116
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with terrain after a complete loss of pwr while on final apch. Post accident exam of the acft disclosed no fuel in either the main tanks nor in the carburetor fuel line. The plt indicated on his plt/operator accident report the right and left fuel tanks were run dry during the flt. He also indicated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9237K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287615187
- Airframe hours
- 1,920
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Lutz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1985
- Departed
- 308 · Harris Ranch, CA
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid Hillview, runway 31R, 3,101 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 42 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV, 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.