- Date
- April 9, 1983, 19:30 local (Apr 10, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8302TPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830410043769A
- Case key
- 35037
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flt departed cleveland at 1539. The flt enroute was conducted at 6,000 ft. about 45 mi w of destination the fuel gages indicated 5 gals of fuel in each of the two tanks. At about 5 mi w of the arpt the eng quit. The plt made a forcedlanding on the northbound lane of a parkway & collided with a car. The carburetor heat control cable was found disconnected from the valve actuating arm of the carb heat assy. The valve & attached actuating arm was in the 'on' position. The control cable was inserted through the swivel fitting stud. The washer, nut & cotter pin, which are required for retention & security to the valve actuating arm, were missing. The acft had 83 hrs since the last annual inspection on 12/2/82.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8302T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8190103
- Airframe hours
- 783
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Westchester Aeronautical Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1982 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- BKL · Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HPN · Westchester Co., runway 11, 4,400 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,475 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HPN, 4 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.