- Date
- November 11, 1989, 16:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place
- Coatesville, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4948TPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891111045139A
- Case key
- 36583
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
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
During a business trip the aircraft engine lost power from fuel exhaustion. The pilot made an emergency landing on a deserted street in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The aircraft received substantial damage during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4948T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225287
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barry C. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SBY · Salisbury, MD
- Destination
- N99 · West Chester, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 174 in this make and model · 197 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.