Piper PA-31-350 N3594G

Summary

On 3 September 1983 at about 02:01 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N3594G was involved in an accident near Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 September 1983 at 02:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Smith Muni. (F&M)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N3594G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brinkley → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW83LA413

1 person was seriously 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 ACFT HAD DEPARTED LAREDO, TX, ON A FLT TO FT SMITH, AR, WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOP AT BRINKLEY, AR. THE FUEL TANKS WERE 'TOPPED' AT LAREDO, BUT NO FUEL WAS ADDED AT BRINKLEY. DURING ARRIVAL AT FT SMITH, THE PLT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR 'EXTREMELY LOW FUEL.' HE WAS CLEARED FOR A STRAIGHT-IN APCH. VERY SHORTLY AFTER THAT, BOTH ENGS BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH WITH BOTH FUEL BOOST PUMP LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE PLT INFORMED THE TOWER THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE ARPT. HE SELECTED A DARK UNPOPULATED AREA TO LAND & EXTENDED THE GEAR. WHEN HE TURNED ON THE LANDING LIGHTS, HE REALIZE HE HAD SELECTED A WOODED AREA. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING TREES. THE PLT HAD BEGUN THE 1ST OF 6 FLT AT 0608 CDT & HAD GOTTEN VERY LITTLE SLEEP THE PRECEEDING NIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.