ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369448
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| Date: | Sunday 4 December 1988 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | George Glomeau |
| Registration: | N2179Y |
| MSN: | 28-7990382 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2518 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chambersburg, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Norwood, MA (KORD) |
| Charleston, WV | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT OF THE PIPER PA-28 WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE AND GETTING ADVISORIES FROM ATC. ATC GAVE HIM A SIGMET FOR TURBULENCE WHEN HE NOTED HIS FUEL WAS GETTING LOW. HE DECIDED TO LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT AND WAS TOLD BY ATC THAT THE AIRPORT HE WANTED WAS AT HIS 12 O'CLOCK POSITION AND 8 MILES. RADAR SERVICE WAS THEN TERMINATED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT COULD NOT FIND THE AIRPORT AND TRIED TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY. AS HE LINED UP WITH THE HIGHWAY TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME TREES AND A ROAD SIGN. WHEN THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE ACFT SLID 150-200 FT BEFORE STOPPING AGAINST A GUARD RAIL.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC89LA042
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| 3 December 1988 | N2179Y | George Glomeau | 0 | Chambersburg, PA | |
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