Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-25-235 N9546P

9 April 1982 · Basin City, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 April 1982 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N9546P, operated by Melvin W. Hood, was involved in an accident near Basin City, Washington, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Basin City, Washington, United States
Coordinates
46.5800, -119.1498
Aircraft
Piper PA-25-235
Registration
N9546P
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Melvin W. Hood
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Basin City → Basin City
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA82DA048

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING A RETURN TRIP TO THE LANDING AREA FROM A DUSTING RUN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUGHT WIRES DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING TO A FIELD AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED OVER BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE GROUND. THE FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND EMPTY AND THE LOW LEVEL FUEL INDICATOR INOPERATIVE. THE FUEL INDICATOR SHOWED FULL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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