- Date
- July 14, 1986, 19:43 local (Jul 15, 1986, 02:43 UTC)
- Place
- Hyampom, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6430JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860714032599A
- Case key
- 25213
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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) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Analysis
The aircraft's engine quit when the flight was 25 miles short of its intended destination and an emergency landing was attempted in a river. The pilot stated that according to his calculations, the aircraft should have had a no reserve endurance of 6 hours and 15 minutes. The aircraft had flown a total of 5 hours and 16 minutes when the engine quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6430J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5113
- Airframe hours
- 1,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul P. Lietz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1986
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- ACV · Arcata, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,505 total · 165 in this make and model · 2,459 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACV, 25 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.