- Date
- November 3, 1984, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Jasper, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777WMPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841103074659A
- Case key
- 31207
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Due to a low fuel state the plt elected to make a precautionary landing on a road. Power lines and poles forced the plt to land in unimproved terrain next to the road. During touch down the left wing struck a dirt bank. Exam of the wreckage revealed that 3 gals of fuel remained in the left wing tank. All other tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777WM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-120
- Airframe hours
- 3,456
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Otto Seiner, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- SBY · Salisbury, MD
- Destination
- PMP · Pompano Beach, FL
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 888 total · 295 in this make and model · 724 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VLD, 312 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.