- Date
- April 19, 1989, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gettysburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8745DPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890419063489A
- Case key
- 36400
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor preflight and in-flight planning in electing to continue the flight beyond the planned destination which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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 pilot continued the cross-country flight beyond the original destination. Shortly thereafter, a loss of engine power occurred due to fuel exhaustion. The airplane was landed in a wooded area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8745D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5927
- Airframe hours
- 2,015
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-C2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert D.Underwood
- Registered owner
- William S Chant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1989 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- EEN · Keene, NH
- Destination
- GTY · Gettysburg, 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 11 in this make and model · 135 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- 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.