- Date
- November 8, 1987, 17:00 local (Nov 9, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92783Piper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871108062489A
- Case key
- 25897
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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 - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - poorCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - otherFactor
Analysis
The acft lost engine pwr during cruise and during the ensuing forced landing the acft collided with an object and was damaged. The post acc inspection revealed that the acft fuel tanks were empty and the fuel lines lacked fuel. No other malfunctions were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92783
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-229
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,979 total · 748 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 4 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.