- Date
- December 14, 1983, 21:30 local (Dec 15, 1983, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Garnett, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4026RPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831214063599A
- Case key
- 33601
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While enroute pilot was running the acft using the right main fuel tank. He switched to the left to balance the load and the engine quit about 10 seconds after being switched. The pilot could not restart the engine and a forced landing was made in a field. The right wing struck a tree and sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4026R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40322
- Airframe hours
- 2,057
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K145, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dr. Leon Ernster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- TXK · Texarkana, AR
- Destination
- RST · Rochester, MN
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 98 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 60 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 N4026R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.