- Date
- August 16, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41994Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870816045599A
- Case key
- 30723
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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
While returning to the arpt aft flying for abt 30 mins, the eng lost pwr. The plt attempted to restart the eng by checking the fuel tank gauges, carb heat, mags, etc but with no success. During the forced lndg, the acft was stalled into trees. No fuel was found in the fuel lines or carburetor. The eng was test run without any problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41994
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287415381
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- O'Brien Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Lakewood, NJ
- Airport
- Lakewood
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 32.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.