- Date
- July 5, 1988, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2608FPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880705025609A
- Case key
- 32205
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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 - starvationCause
Checklist - not followedFactor
Fuel tank selector position - disregardedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The plt stated that while inbound to Vero Beach, he ran out of fuel in the left tank. The engine quit, and he was unable to restart the engine before he crashed into a grove of trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2608F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0439
- Airframe hours
- 5,170
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Safety Int'L, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flight Safety International
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 3, 1988 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- X53 · Clewiston, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
N2608FRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 67 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 2 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.