Piper PA-28-180 N9109J

Summary

On 11 November 1988 at about 03:10 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N9109J, operated by Jenkins, Mack, was involved in an accident near Mena, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 November 1988 at 03:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Mena, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Intermountain Regional (MEZ)

Coordinates

34.5802, -94.2293

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N9109J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jenkins, Mack

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Dequeen

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC89LA022

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

ON LEFT CROSSWIND LEG, DURING INITIAL CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE ACFT HAD REACHED ABOUT 800 FEET AGL AND WAS ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. AN EMERGENCY LDG WAS ATTEMPTED WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. DARK NIGHT VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES SAID THEY OBSERVED THE ACFT PASS UNDER SOME POWER LINES BEFORE CONTACTING A FENCE. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, ALONG WITH STATEMENTS MADE BY THE PLT, REVEALED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO BE ON THE WRONG TANK, CAUSING FUEL STARVATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.