- Date
- November 13, 1987, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Des Moines, IA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6644PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871113064909A
- Case key
- 34521
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Approx eight miles from the dest arpt, the PIC experienced partial, then a complete power loss. An emergency lndg was made on a golf course, about one mile short of the dest arpt. Post accident inspection revealed no fuel in any of the four tanks. Damage was sustained to the wings, gear, prop, and nose of the aircraft during landing on the rough sod adjacent to the fairway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6644P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1677
- Airframe hours
- 2,666
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kwc Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1987
- Departed
- K29 · Grunnel, IA
- Destination
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni, runway 30, 9,001 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,428 total · 257 in this make and model · 1,225 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 2 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.