- Date
- March 7, 1985, 13:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lemay, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5741UPiper PA-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850307005979A
- Case key
- 33857
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft sustained substantial damage during a forced landing following a loss of power. Post accident inspection of the acft revealed no fuel was present in either fuel tank and there was no evidence of fuel spillage at the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5741U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2826557
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles L. Nichols
- Registered owner
- Cheric Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1983
- Departed
- 6M1 · Heber Springs, AK
- Destination
- 1HO · Creve Coeur, MO
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 295 total · 41 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- STL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.