- Date
- January 5, 1983, 13:34 local (18:34 UTC)
- Place
- Granville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29947North American AT-6D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830105000409A
- Case key
- 35143
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Analysis
Aircraft on cross-country flight ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing in a field and collided with a few scattered apple trees. Ironically there was an airport adjacent to the landing site. The pilot had encountered cloud cover at his destination and diverted to philipsburg. He was advised by radio that philipsburg had no fuel so he decided to go to university park. After descending through scattered clouds into the wrong valley and not seeing the airport the pilot saw an open field and headed for it. Enroute the aircraft ran out of fuel. The pilot landed with gear and flaps up. The right wing was torn off by a tree
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29947
- Reported as
- North American AT-6D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42-85697A
- Airframe hours
- 8,517
- Engine
- P&W R1430, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley E. Shapiro
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- EKM · Elkhart, IN
- Destination
- UNV · State College, PA
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 1,185 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N29947 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.