Piper PA-28-151 N8732E

Summary

On 21 July 1984 at about 05:41 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N8732E was involved in an accident near Creswell, Oregon, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 July 1984 at 05:41

Classification

Accident

Location

Creswell, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Hobby (77S)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N8732E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Carlos → Eugene

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA84LA181

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 WAS ON A NIGHT VFR FLT FROM SAN CARLOS, CA, TO EUGENE, OR, WHEN THE PLT ASKED APCH CONTROL HOW FOR AWAY THE ARPT WAS. ATC INFORMED THE PLT THAT THE ARPT WAS 16 MILES FURTHER. ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER, THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTIED. THE PLT SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TANK AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE THEN ASKED FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST ARPT. A HEADING OF 050 DEGREES WAS GIVEN TO THE ARPT. THE ACFT HIT SEVERAL TREES ABOUT 4 MILES SHORT OF THE ARPT AND CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.