Piper PA-32-260 N3662W

Summary

On 24 November 1988 at about 05:14 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N3662W, operated by Northern Airmotive Partners, was involved in an accident near Marquette, Michigan, United States. 6 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 November 1988 at 05:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Marquette, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

46.5495, -87.3901

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N3662W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Northern Airmotive Partners

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lansing → Hancock

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI89LA028

3 people were 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

AFTER ENCOUNTERING UNFORECAST ADVERSE WX AT HIS INTENDED DESTN, THE PLT CIRCLED THE AREA A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEN DIVERTED TO MARQUETTE, MI. HOWEVER, BEFORE REACHING THE ALTERNATE ARPT, THE ENG LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DRG A NIGHT LANDING. THE PLT PLANNED TO ARRIVE AT THE ORIGINAL DESTN WITH ENOUGH FUEL TO PROCEED TO AN ALTN ARPT. HE NOTED THAT SINCE THE ACFT HAD NO EGT GAUGE, HIS ATTEMPTS TO LEAN THE MIXTURE TO A MORE EFFICIENT FUEL/AIR RATIO WERE RELATIVELY IMPRECISE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.