- Date
- December 24, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Princeton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91PAPiper PA-44-180T
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881224056459A
- Case key
- 36357
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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 experienced a loss of power of both engines and crashed into trees near Princeton airport, Princeton, NJ. The pilot flew 4.5 hrs and after a missed approach one engine quit. While attempting to make Princeton airport the other engine quit. According to the manufacturer of the acft, 4.5 hrs would use all but reserve fuel at optimum cruise at 16,000 ft. cruise at lower alt or at higher power would use more fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91PA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-8207013
- Engine
- Lycoming TO-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fit Aviation
- Registered owner
- 1st Security Bank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Destination
- 47N · Manville, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 917 total · 41 in this make and model · 826 as pilot in command · 223 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.