- Date
- March 31, 1986, 13:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fallon, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6282PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860331024719A
- Case key
- 40379
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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) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Analysis
While on final apch to the arpt, the acft's eng ceased operating due to fuel exhaustion. The acft was damaged during a hard forced landing on a baseball fld.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6282P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1392
- Airframe hours
- 2,532
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Stelling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 2, 1985 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- 2Q9 · Dyer, NV
- Destination
- FLX · Fallon, NV
- Airport
- FLX · Fallon Municipal
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 373 total · 70 in this make and model · 327 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLX, 2 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.