- Date
- July 20, 1984, 22:41 local (Jul 21, 1984, 05:41 UTC)
- Place
- Creswell, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8732EPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840720036289A
- Case key
- 39974
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Analysis
The acft was on a night VFR flt from san carlos, CA, to eugene, OR, when the plt asked apch control how for away the arpt was. ATC informed the plt that the arpt was 16 miles further. About 3 minutes later, the left fuel tank was emptied. The plt switched to the right tank and declared an emergency. He then asked for vectors to the nearest arpt. A heading of 050 degrees was given to the arpt. The acft hit several trees about 4 miles short of the arpt and crashed in a wooded area. No fuel was found in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8732E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7615155
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Ryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1984
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- EUG · Eugene, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 77S · Hobby
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 13 in this make and model · 168 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EUG, 15 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.