Piper PA-25-235 N82313

Summary

On 9 August 1996 at about 19:10 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N82313 was involved in an accident near Farmville, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 August 1996 at 19:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Farmville, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.5908, -77.5905

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N82313

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA96LA211

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's inadequate fuel consumption calculations which resulted in loss of engine power do to fuel exhaustion and a hard landing during a forced landing in a field.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The owner of the aircraft stated the aircraft normally consumes 19 gallons of fuel per hour in aerial application operations and that the aircraft holds 38 gallons, or 2 hours, of usable fuel when full. The pilot stated he topped off the fuel tanks prior to departure and after flying for 1 hour 52 minutes he started back to the strip. He thought he had about 25 minutes of fuel remaining. After 8 minutes, or 2 hours since his last refueling, the engine quit do to fuel exhaustion. While making a forced landing in a field the aircraft landed hard on the right wing. Post crash examination of the aircraft showed the aircraft contained no usable fuel and there was no evidence of inflight fuel leakage from the fuel strainer or fuel tanks. Other pilots that had flown the aircraft did not report any excessive use of fuel by this aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.