- Date
- January 7, 1983, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N223JNPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830107000559A
- Case key
- 35024
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Analysis
The acft experienced a power loss on one engine during take-off initial climb. The pilot regained control of the acft and continued to fly the landing pattern. On the downwind leg the engines ran intermittently. Turning final both enginesstopped. A forced landing was made in an open pasture 1500 feet short of the runway. The pilot stated that he refueled by the time flown and figured 15 gallons of fuel an hour as an average consumption. On this flight he was going once around the pattern. He estimated the main tanks to have 7 gallons each. When asked how he arrived at that estimate he said 'when he looked into the main tanks he wanted to see 7 gallons and thats what he saw.' During the forced landing the landing gear was damaged and the acft collided with a tree which separated a wing. Both occupants received minor injuries. After the accident the main tanks contained less than a pint of fuel. The aux. Tanks contained one gallon eachthe tank selector was positioned to the main tanks. The pilot said he had planned to refuel after this flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N223JN
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-943
- Airframe hours
- 3,407
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Group-E Air, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1982 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- MGJ · Montgomery, NY
- Airport
- MGJ · Orange County, runway 21, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 816 total · 64 in this make and model · 687 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGJ, 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.