ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366267
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Date: | Friday 31 August 1990 |
Time: | 11:45 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-25-235 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N7330Z |
MSN: | 25-3230 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-B2B5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Logansport, IN -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Logansport, IN (KGGP) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ALTHOUGH THE COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. DURING A POST ACCIDENT INTERVIEW WITH FAA INSPECTORS, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RAN OUT OF FUEL.
Probable Cause: THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PRESENCE OF STANDING CORN IN THE TOUCHDOWN AREA WAS A FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI90LA253 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI90LA253
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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