- Date
- May 11, 1990, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Shelby, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3749EPiper PA-36-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900511015609A
- Case key
- 32653
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and attempted flight with insufficient fuel on board to complete the flight.
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 stated that the flt departed with about 7 gals of fuel. After completing three spray passes and while pulling up to return to land, the eng lost power at about 150 ft AGL. During the forced landing in the field, the wings & landing gear were damaged. An exam of the airplane revealed that the eng had lost power due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3749E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7960062
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Shelby Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 395 total · 110 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- GLH, 30 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.