- Date
- August 18, 1985, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Goshen, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35515Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35951
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
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Forced landing
PanicFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Planned approach - poorCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
Acft ran out of fuel while plt was returning to orange co arpt. Plt almost froze on controls when acft engine stopped running. Plt overshot emerg landing fcd and hit trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35515
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6149
- Airframe hours
- 3,194
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Quade'S Flight School, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 18, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- MGJ · Montgomery, NY
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 174 total · 20 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F