- Date
- August 6, 1983, 23:00 local (Aug 7, 1983, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Linden, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4525TPiper PA-28-180G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830806039249A
- Case key
- 35246
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
In-flight planning/decision - inaccurateCause
Forced landing
Light condition - dark nightFactor
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Analysis
The acft collided with powerlines during a night forced landing after fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4525T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7205178
- Airframe hours
- 2,990
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gene Wilkerson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- OKS · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- N51 · Readington, NJ
N4525TRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 264 total · 264 in this make and model · 178 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.