- Date
- January 1, 1984, 22:01 local (Jan 2, 1984, 03:01 UTC)
- Place
- Southwick, MA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44386Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840101001199A
- Case key
- 35421
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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 acft lost power & made an emergency forced landing in a school yard. Investigation revealed that only a few drops offuel remained in the powerplant & 1QT plus 1PT remained in the wing tanks with none in the gasolator. There was no evidence of fuel leakage or of mechanical malfunction. The pilot did not remember his leaning procedure & his fuel calculations were based on a lower estimate than actual consumption records substantiated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44386
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415629
- Airframe hours
- 40,696
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Westfield Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Steve Wells/Wells Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1983 · 906 hours before
- Departed
- A1Y · Atlantic City, NJ
- Destination
- BAF · Westfield, MA
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 42 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BAF, 5 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.