Piper PA-28-140 N6192W

Summary

On 20 December 1986 at about 20:50 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6192W was involved in an accident near Old Bridge, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 December 1986 at 20:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Old Bridge, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Old Bridge (3N6)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6192W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Burgettstown → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA050

2 people had minor injuries.

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 PLT TOOK OFF FM THE MARLBORO ARPT & FLEW TO 2 OTHER ARPTS BEFORE LNDG AT THE MILLER ARPT AT BURGETTSTOWN, PA, WHERE THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN. HE HAD DIFFICULTY IN STARTING THE ENG & REMAINED ON THE GND ABOUT 1 HR. THE PLT TOLD AN AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR THAT HE & THE PASSENGER HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WHILE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN STARTING THE ENG. WHILE CRUISING ON THE NEXT FLT, THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS SWITCHED TO THE RGT TANK. APRX 20 MIN LATER, WHILE ON AN APCH TO LAND AT OLD BRIDGE, NJ, THE ENG LOST POWER. DRG AN EMERG LNDG, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ABOUT 25 FT AGL, FELL INTO A SMALL CREEK & CAME TO REST AGAINST A LARGE TREE. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND. OPENED BOTTLES OF BRANDY, VODKA & ORANGE JUICE WERE FND IN THE ACFT. THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD BEEN 'TOPPED OFF' AT THE MARLBORO ARPT, BUT THE RGT FUEL TANK HAD NOT BEEN REFUELED FOR ABOUT A MONTH. PLT'S LOGBOOK WAS NOT RECOVERED. ON AN APPLICATION FOR HIS LAST MED CERT, DATED 2/21/84, HE STATED HE HAD 700 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.