- Date
- May 6, 1984, 21:18 local (May 7, 1984, 02:18 UTC)
- Place
- Eglin Afb, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3586WPiper PA-31-325
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840506061019A
- Case key
- 30990
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After arriving at Eglin Afb, the plt determined he would need more fuel to complete the next leg of the flt. However, there was no avgas refueling available at Eglin. The plt disembarked the pax & flew IFR to ft walton beach to refuel. A missed approach was executed at ft walton beach & the plt diverted back to Eglin Afb. Aprx 3 mi from Eglin, the rgt eng quit. On short final, the left eng surged & the plt feathered the left prop. The plt attempted to manually lower the landing gear. The nose gear did not fully extend & the right main landing gear did not fully lock down. An investigationrevealed that all four fuel tanks were virtually empty, except the left aux tank had about 5.5 gals remaining. The plt reported that the fuel gages indicated the tanks were about 1/4 full just before the engs lost power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3586W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-325
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-8112016
- Airframe hours
- 3,517
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-540-F213, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air New Orleans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 19, 1984 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- VPS · Eglin Afb, FL
- Destination
- 81J · Ft Walton Bch, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- VPS · Eglin Afb, runway 30, 13,000 × 300 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,600 total · 600 in this make and model · 3,600 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VPS
FAA reports on this event · 1
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