- Date
- August 31, 1988, 21:15 local (Sep 1, 1988, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mansfield, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9087DPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880831038359A
- Case key
- 36224
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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, with a CFI and student on board, had just made a touch and go landing and was about one mile fm the arpt, climbing to cruise, when the eng lost power. It was dark and the pilot attempted a landing on a state highway. The acft collided with a traffic island on the roadway and came to rest in the front yard of a residence. An FAA inspector who examined the wreckage said the left tank was 1/4 to 1/2 full of fuel, the right tank was empty, and the gascolator bowl contained about 3 oz of fuel. The fuel selector was found in the off position but the plt told the inspector that he turned selector off after the acdt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9087D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2816001
- Airframe hours
- 892
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piper East, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 3, 1988 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- 1B9
- Destination
- OWD · Norwood, MA
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,152 total · 500 in this make and model · 86 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.