- Date
- May 14, 1983, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Grande, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7757ZPiper PA-25-235B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830514019879A
- Case key
- 39689
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled about 30 feet AGL during a forced landing after the engine quit from fuel exhaustion. The pilot took the acft for a ferry flight without refueling. It had been flown about 1 hour & 15 minutes. It holds about 36 gallons and burns about 14 gallons an hour. The 1st leg of the ferry was an hour and a half. About 5 miles from 1st fuel stop the engine quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7757Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-3943
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Darrell Bolyard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- EPH · Ephrata, WA
- Destination
- LGD · La Grande, OR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 492 total · 3 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKE, 28 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.
Other investigations on N7757Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.