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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-34-200T · 10 Nm E. Of Ken, ID · July 21, 1982

Accident · FatalField investigationFinal report

Date: July 21, 1982, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
Place: 10 Nm E. Of Ken, ID
Injuries: 1 fatal, 4 serious
Damage: Destroyed
Phase of flight: Enroute
Aircraft: N33329Piper PA-34-200T
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed · report July 21, 1983
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19820721030859A
Case key: 69609

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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.

Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanicalCruise - normal

Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause

Preflight planning/preparation - inadequatePilot in commandCause

Fuel supply - not maintainedPilot in commandCause

Fuel consumption calculations - inaccuratePilot in commandCause

Forced landingManeuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)

Loss of control - in flightManeuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)

Object - wire,transmissionFactor

Maneuver - performedPilot in commandFactor

Airspeed - not maintainedPilot in commandCause

Stall - inadvertentPilot in command

In flight collision with terrain/waterManeuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)

Analysis

The plt declared an emergency & reported out of fuel. While approaching a field the plt observed a power/telephone line in his flt path & instinctively pulled the nose up. On-scene examination revealed no evidence of fuel.

Aircraft

Registration: N33329
Reported as: Piper PA-34-200T
Category: Airplane
Serial number: 347570106
Airframe hours: 2,390
Engine: Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage: Destroyed
Flight: Personal · Part 91
Operator: Burton C. Wood
Registered owner: Burton C. Wood & Bruce Sweeney
Departed: FCA · Kalispell, MT
Destination: LWS · Lewiston, ID

N33329Registration cancelled Nov 17, 1983 · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 347570106 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T

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: 32
Certificate: Private
Airplane ratings: Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Medical: Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Flight hours: 557 total · 266 in this make and model · 506 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 310° at 3 knots
Visibility: 30 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
Temperature: 167 °F
Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
Observed at: LWS, 29 nm away

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19820721030859APiper PA34200T · Kendrick, IDCrash occurred during emergency landing after both engines quit due to fuel exhaustion.Jul 21, 1982 · N33329 · Destroyed · 1 fatal