- Date
- June 19, 1984, 07:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place
- Clewiston, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7225YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840619025519A
- Case key
- 31148
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that before the flt, he visually checked the main tanks & the fuel gages indicated 1/4 full on each side. Before reaching the destination, an eng lost power, & shortly after that, the other eng lost power, both from fuel exhaustion. The plt had sufficient alt to reach the arpt, but landed long & fast & went off the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7225Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-248
- Airframe hours
- 2,773
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Florida Weekend Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- BCT · Boca Raton, FL
- Airport
- X-53 · Clewiston, runway 32, 3,000 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 818 total · 418 in this make and model · 818 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 50 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.
Other investigations on N7225Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.