- Date
- September 2, 1992, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- The Dalles, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1005BPiper PA-46-310P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920902035099A
- Case key
- 42892
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Probable cause
A misjudged approach. Factors to the accident were: inaccurate fuel consumption calculations and 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 business cross country flt, the plt reported that he was aware of a low fuel status while en route, but thought that he could make it to his final destination without stopping for fuel. The flt was cleared to descend at 96 miles from the arpt. At aprx 16 to 18 miles from the arpt, the engine lost power. During the descent, the plt felt that the airplane was high on the approach and extended the landing gear and lowered one notch of flaps. At aprx one half mile from the rwy, the airplane began to descend below the intended glide. Unable to reach the rwy, the airplane touched down aprx 200 ft short of the rwy, colliding with the terrain during the landing roll. After the accident, the plt reported that he apparently did not have as much fuel on board as he thought he did before takeoff, and misjudged the approach by lowering the landing gear too soon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1005B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-46-310P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4608091
- Airframe hours
- 520
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-BE, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Shrontz, Joanne L.
- Registered owner
- Shrontz, Joanne L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1992 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DLS · The Dalles, runway 3, 5,097 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 697 total · 201 in this make and model · 43 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.