- Date
- November 19, 1984, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35786Piper J5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841119063329A
- Case key
- 33809
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was being ferried x-country in legs of approximately 2 hrs flt duration. The acft was refueled for the next legand it needed 18 gallons of fuel. The plt was predicting a burn of 5-6 gallons of fuel per hour. After a flt of 2 hrs and 17 minutes with destination in sight the acft engine quit. The acft was forced to land off arpt. An inspection of the acft by FAA after the accident showed no fuel aboard the acft. No discrepancies of equipment were found. There was a sight fuel gage available for the plts use to monitor fuel usage. The acft total fuel capacity is 19 gallons. There were arpts in the line of flt where an en route stop for fuel could have been accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35786
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-772
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- The Confederate Air Force, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- SPH · Springhill, LA
- Destination
- 6MO · Hazen, AR
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 646 total · 50 in this make and model · 591 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 53 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 31 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.