- Date
- September 24, 1986, 12:06 local (16:06 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9422CPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860924087549A
- Case key
- 30424
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 - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - improperCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - soft
Terrain condition - wet
Analysis
The flight was on approach for landing when engine power was lost due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft crashed in a tidal marsh and nosed over slightly in the soft marsh and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9422C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816475
- Airframe hours
- 2,107
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320D36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy D. Hodgkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Destination
- ACY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
N9422CRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 45 in this make and model · 1,394 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.