- Date
- August 4, 1983, 17:20 local (Aug 5, 1983, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Alliance, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N777EEPiper PA-24-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830804038699A
- Case key
- 33458
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he departed oshrosh for scottsbluff with an estimated 80 gallons of fuel on board the air craft his ete was 4 hours 30 minutes and fuel consumption at 15 gph. Aprx 37 NM short of scotts bluff he noticed the right fuel gauge indicating below the quantity he calculated should have been aboard. This was the only tank that now contained fuel. He reduced engine power to 55 percent of rated. Overflew Alliance, where fuel was available, and continued to scottsbluff. As the aircraft began its descent, the engine failed. The pilot turned toward Alliance while trying to restart the engine. The aircraft landed on a rolling sand hill aprx 7 miles southwest of Alliance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777EE
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2773
- Airframe hours
- 3,565
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B145, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John W. Birch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1982 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,310 total · 900 in this make and model · 15,005 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AIA, 7 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.