- Date
- October 15, 1988, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5378FPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881015048889A
- Case key
- 34709
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While conducting a part 135 air taxi operation, the pilot said his engine began running rough about 7 miles from his destination apt. Emergency procedures were initiated and a call to the control tower declaring an emergency was made. Unable to reach the apt, the aircraft crashed about 1 mile short of the runway. Post accident investigation revealed the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. The acft had been converted to a larger, more powerful engine with subsequent increased fuel consumption.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5378F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7715114
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Tibben Flight Lines Inc
- Registered owner
- Tibben Flight Lines, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CID · Cedar Rapids, runway 13, 5,450 × 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,113 total · 89 in this make and model · 865 as pilot in command · 278 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 1 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.