- Date
- March 22, 1988, 02:25 local (08:25 UTC)
- Place
- Excelsior Spgs, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N62526Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880322006959A
- Case key
- 34488
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival at night, after using fuel from the inboard tanks, the plt switched to the outboard fuel tanks. Shortly, thereafter, both engs lost power. The plt declared an emergency & obtained vectors to the nearest airport, but was unable to reach it. Subsequently, the acft collided with trees during an emergency landing about 1/2 to 1 mi from the arpt. No usable fuel was found in the acft & there was no evidence of fuel spillage at the acdnt scene.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62526
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7654030
- Airframe hours
- 2,810
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Viking Express
- Registered owner
- Pb Leasing Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 14, 1987
- Departed
- DPA · Dupage, IL
- Destination
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3EX · Excelsior Springs, runway 19, 2,005 × 48 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,455 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 217 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 25 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.