Piper PA-38-112 N2368D

Summary

On 8 June 1982 at about 18:47 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2368D, operated by Muscle Shoals Aviation, Inc, was involved in an accident near Oxford, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 June 1982 at 18:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

43.9410, -116.7995

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2368D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Muscle Shoals Aviation, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Decatur → Oxford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA160

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PILOT HAD MADE TWO STOPS WITHOUT REFUELING BEFORE HE TOOK OFF ON THIS LEG OF HIS FLIGHT. HE ESTIMATED THAT 12 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS REMAINING WHEN HE DEPARTED DECATUR, AL. WHILE EN ROUTE, HE EXHAUSTED ALL OF THE FUEL IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK. AS HE APPROACHED THE DESTINATION, HE NOTED AN INDICATION OF LESS THAN TWO GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK. THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD WHILE HE STILL HAD ENGINE POWER, RATHER THAN RISK TOTAL FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE CONTINUING. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS FAST AND OVERSHOT HIS FIRST INTENDED LANDING FIELD. HE ADDED POWER, BUT HIT A FENCE AT THE END OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A ROAD, HIT A SECOND FENCE, AND FINALLY CAME TO REST IN A SHALLOW CREEK. ACCORDING TO THE HOBBS METER READINGS, THE PLANE HAD FLOWN 4.6 HOURS, ABOUT THE MAXIMUM ENDURANCE EXPECTED FOR HIS CRUISE ALTITUDES AND POWER SETTINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.