- Date
- August 24, 1982, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Honeoye Falls, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41419Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820824041129A
- Case key
- 71069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed rochester, NY on a cross country flight destined for ithaca NY. Enroute she became disoriented and called on 121.5 to receive help from the local controlling facility and was vectored towards Honeoye airport. While approaching the airport, the engine quit and the pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field. The aircraft nosed over on landing. The pilot indicated five hours of fuel endurance on her flight plan. Tach time readings recorded prior to departure and at the time of the accident indicated that the total duration of the flight was 5.6 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41419
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7425237
- Airframe hours
- 3,423
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray Hylan School Of Aero
- Registered owner
- Ray Hylan School Of Aero
- Departed
- DKK · Dunkirk, NY
- Destination
- JHW · Jamestown, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- D70 · Honeoye Falls, runway 9, 1,750 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 162 in this make and model · 67 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.