- Date
- September 28, 1989, 14:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8107TPiper PA-32R-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890928037049A
- Case key
- 32509
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. Factors related to the accident were: false fuel gage indications and trees in the emergency landing area.
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.
Analysis
The plt did not recheck the acft's fuel at an intermediate stop. After he departed & was in cruise flt, the eng lost power. The plt rprtd that the fuel gages indcd the tanks were nearly half full at that time. During a subsequent forced landing, the acft collided with trees & was damaged. A post-acdnt exam of the acft fuel sys revealed about 20 ounces fuel in the right tank. The left tank was split open, but there was no evidence of fuel residue on the ground below the tank. During an opnl check of the eng, it started & ran normally
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8107T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8229033
- Airframe hours
- 2,140
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-1AB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Orlando
- Registered owner
- Air Orlando Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1989 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- AVO · Avon Park, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 25 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 16 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.