- Date
- March 11, 1987, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Navarre, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7645PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870311005579A
- Case key
- 31870
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after take off with the fuel selector positioned to the rt tank, at an alt of aprx 250 feet, the eng quit. The plt force landed the acft in an inter coastal waterway with the landing gear extended. Insp of the acft revealed that the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion after the rt wing fuel tank collapsed forcing the fuel out the tank filler cap. According to the acft logbooks AD 68-13-03 which prevents fuel exhaustion caused by fuel cell collapse & loss of fuel through the tank filler caps, had not been accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7645P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2859
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-AIA5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard E. Privette
- Registered owner
- Richard E. Privette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- 2R4 · Milton, 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 20 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 19 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 N7645P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.