- Date
- December 5, 1993, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tupelo, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2382TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931205049499A
- Case key
- 37468
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-commands failure to monitor fuel consumption.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot-in-command flew the airplane for 4 hours and 15 minutes and was looking for his destination when the engine lost power. He executed a force landing to a road and struck a sign on landing roll. The airplane was inspected after the accident and the fuel tanks had less tahn 2 pints of fuel.
Factual narrative
On December 5, 1993, about 1645 central standard time, N2382T ,a Piper PA-28-180 sustained substantial damage during a forced landing near Tupelo, Mississippi, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 Personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated about 4 hours earlier the same day from Cincinnati, Ohio.
The pilot reported that he overflew his destination of Tupelo, Mississippi, and the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing to a road the right wing struck signs and damaged the rear spar. The total flight time since last refueling was 4 hours and 15 minutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2382T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 720503
- Airframe hours
- 3,371
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Murray, Stephen
- Registered owner
- Jet Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1993
- Departed
- CVG · Cincinnati, OH
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 352 total · 13 in this make and model · 348 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUP, 4 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 N2382T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.