- Date
- April 29, 1988, 23:08 local (Apr 30, 1988, 03:08 UTC)
- Place
- Jamestown, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5688VPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880429070589A
- Case key
- 36141
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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 Piper PA-28-181 departed with two pilots onboard. About one hour after takeoff, the PIC got very sick and could not continue flying. She experienced a severe headache and vomitting. The non-instrument rated pilot continued the flight. The aircraft made one approach to a airport, but missed due to weather. While en route to another arpt, the aircraft experienced a power loss due to fuel exhaustion and made an off-airport landing in a wooded area. The PIC had received a weather briefing prior to takeoff that included forecast icing conditions which were encountered during the flight. The aircraft was not equipped with any de-ice equipment other than a heated pilot tube.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5688V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7790497
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcguire Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Mcguire Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1987
- Departed
- WRI · Wrightstown, NJ
- Destination
- IAG · Niagara Falls, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JHW · Jamestown, runway 25, 5,299 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 376 total · 31 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JHW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.