- Date
- September 21, 1986, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Indiana, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6004UPiper PA-28-140C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860921045669A
- Case key
- 30425
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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 was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of eng power. Examination of the acft showed the fuel selector was on the the left tank which contained no useable fuel. There was useable fuel remaining in the right tank. The plt stated that the accident could have been prevented by 'having the presence of mind to switch fuel tanks when left tank went dry'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6004U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26906
- Airframe hours
- 3,023
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ebensburg Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 27, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 9G8 · Ebensburg, PA
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 6 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.