Piper PA-28RT-201T CGSMS

Summary

On 26 June 1986 at about 03:45 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered CGSMS was involved in an accident near Wathena, Kansas, 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.

Date

26 June 1986 at 03:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Wathena, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

39.7601, -94.9406

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201T

Registration

CGSMS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Forks → St.joseph

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC86LA133

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 PLT STATED THAT ACCORDING TO THE ACFT MANUAL, HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO FLY TO HIS DESTINATION IN THE USA. AS SUCH, HE FELT THAT NO REFUELING WAS NECESSARY WHEN HE LANDED AT HIS DESIGNATED AIRPORT-OF-ENTRY TO CLEAR CUSTOMS. THE ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL TWO MILES SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION ARPT. ACCORDING TO THE ACFT FLT MANUAL, THE DESTINATION ARPT WOULD BE IN RANGE IF COMPUTATIONS WERE BASED ON: I.S.A., 18,000 FT CRUISE ALT, NO WIND, THE MIXTURE LEANED FOR 25 DEGREES ON THE RICH SIDE OF PEAK E.G.T., AND 65% TURBOCHARGED CRUISE POWER. THE PLT STATED THAT HE FLEW THE TRIP AT 3,000 FT WITH NO REGARD TO E.G.T READINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.