- Date
- May 11, 1991, 14:43 local (18:43 UTC)
- Place
- Arcadia, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1193XPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910511015299A
- Case key
- 36921
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, and fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. A factor related to the accident was: the lack of a suitable area for a forced landing.
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 airplane had just taken off and was climbing through 1800 feet, when both engines began to loose power and finally quit. A forced landing was made in a wooded area. No visible fuel was found in the wing tanks. The pilot had a total of 7 hours in this make and model of airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1193X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7570235
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- A.P. Shifrin Inc.
- Registered owner
- A.P. Shifrin Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PUD · Providence, RI
- Destination
- 5B0 · Willimantic, CT
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,629 total · 7 in this make and model · 4,395 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 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.