- Date
- September 3, 1988, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Parker City, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2568NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880903048639A
- Case key
- 36226
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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 purpose of the flt was to perform landings at some nearby apts to prepare the student for an upcoming check flt. Landings were completed at two apts and the PIC, an atp/cfi, requested radar vectors to another apt. Approach control was unable to find the acft on radar and the plt advised that his transponder was inop. The plt then cancelled his request and left the approach control freq. About 20 min later the plt again called approach control and requested radar assistance. The plt said his transponder and VOR were both inop and when asked, he was unsure of his position. Radar contact was never acquired and fuel exhaustion resulted in a forced landing. The nose gear collapsed during the landing. The VOR bench checked ok after the acdt but the transponder was inop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2568N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0924
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Beaver Aviation Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Beaver Aviation Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- BVI · Beaver Falls, 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,857 total · 27 in this make and model · 3,403 as pilot in command · 141 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.