- Date
- August 16, 1988, 20:04 local (Aug 17, 1988, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeville, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9022LChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880816033549A
- Case key
- 36214
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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
According to the acft owner, N9022L'S fuel tanks were only one quarter full of fuel when the plt took off. The pax said that after about an hour of flying the engine began to run roughly and then it finally quit. The plt made an unsuccessful forced landing. An FAA inspector verified that the acft fuel tanks contained only a residual amount of fuel at the accident site. Later the engine was successfully test run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9022L
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 749-70
- Airframe hours
- 1,601
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Francis J. Kelly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1988 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- TAN · Taunton, MA
- Destination
- TAN
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
- Front
- Flight hours
- 357 total · 14 in this make and model · 162 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.