- Date
- April 8, 1982, 16:00 local (Apr 9, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Basin City, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9546PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820408029149A
- Case key
- 69883
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Analysis
During a return trip to the landing area from a dusting run the engine stopped. The main landing gear caught wires during an attempted landing to a field and the aircraft turned over before colliding with the ground. The fuel tanks were found empty and the low level fuel indicator inoperative. The fuel indicator showed full.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9546P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 257405646
- Airframe hours
- 2,423
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Melvin W. Hood
- Registered owner
- Melvin W. Hood
- Departed
- Basin City, WA
- Destination
- Basin City, WA
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 476 total · 175 in this make and model · 476 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9546P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.