- Date
- October 13, 1989, 18:20 local (Oct 14, 1989, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Homedale, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6651JPiper PA28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891013040309A
- Case key
- 41138
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Probable cause
Inaccurate preflight planning and fuel consumption calculations by the pilot, and the pilot becoming lost or disoriented which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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.
Analysis
During a cross country flight, the pilot became lost and radioed for a position location. The flight was identified south of the intended destination. The pilot also reported that he was low on fuel and requested information to the nearest airport. While on final approach to the airport the engine lost power. The pilot landed the airplane 300 yards short colliding with a fence and a ditch during the landing roll. The fuel tanks were inspected after the accident and were found intact and empty of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6651J
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3088
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Gemini
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- TIW · Tacoma, WA
- Destination
- ONO · Ontario, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S66 · Homedale, runway 31, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 364 total · 32 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BOI, 31 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.