- Date
- August 29, 1983, 05:51 local (10:51 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7993CPiper PA-24-151
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830829044719A
- Case key
- 33351
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt landed a lawrenceburg, TN, on the evening of 8/28/83. Thunderstorms were reported in the area at that time. At lawrenceburg, fuel was available during daylight hours. At 0203 the next morning, the plt called the muscle shoals fss & obtained a wx briefing & filed an IFR flt plan. He departed lawrenceburg at about 0250. During arrival to land at the spirit of st. louis arpt, he was advise that the wx was: sky partially obscured, 1/8 mi visibility with fog & haze, wind calm. Also, he was advised that the outer marker locator was out of service. The plt flew an ILS apch, but made a missed apch. He started to divert to weiss arpt (aprx 12 mi away), but the eng began losing power from low fuel. Vectors were provided back to the spirit of st louis arpt & the plt tried to land again. Subsequently, the eng quit running & the acft impacted the ground in a nose down, right wing low attitude. No fuel was found in the wing tanks or eng fuel lines. The plt was due to be at work at 0600 & his transportation was at spirit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7993C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287615070
- Airframe hours
- 2,942
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Plane Shack
- Registered owner
- Alpha Aviation Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 2M2 · Lawrenceburg, TN
- Destination
- SUS · Chesterfield, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St Louis, runway 7, 6,008 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 20 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Observed at
- SUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.