- Date
- September 17, 1985, 15:36 local (19:36 UTC)
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62994Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850917050869A
- Case key
- 35581
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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
During an air taxi flight the pilot transmitted that the airplane was out of fuel and landing on a golf course. Less than one gallon of fuel was drained from the wreckage. The airplane was making an unplanned return trip to pick up passengers after a cancelled business meeting and there was a pilot in command change on the return flight. Fuel quantity was thought to have been enough.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62994
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-77552137
- Airframe hours
- 3,226
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540 SER, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- York Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 23, 1985 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- ELM · Elmira, NY
- Destination
- G08 · Rostraver, PA
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny County, runway 28, 6,500 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,080 total · 100 in this make and model · 2,850 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.