Piper PA-38-112 N2492K
9 December 2001 · O'Neill, Nebraska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 December 2001 at about 22:45 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2492K was involved in an accident near O'Neill, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- O'Neill, Nebraska, United States
- Coordinates
- 42.4594, -98.6401
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-38-112
- Registration
- N2492K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Minneapolis → O Neill
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI02LA048
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The inadequate preflight planning by the pilot resulting in the exhaustion of the fuel supply, and the pilot not maintaining directional control during the forced landing. A factor was the unsuitable landing area selected by the pilot, and the ditch.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane sustained substantial damage during a forced landing on a narrow road following a loss of engine power. The pilot was attempting to land on a gravel road when the airplane went into a ditch. The pilot said that the engine began running rough and he switched tanks. He said that switching tanks, "...resulted in further trouble with engine performance." He said that he selected a road to land on and was landing to the south. He said that the landing was hard and the left main wheel, "...caught the edge of the roadside resulting in the plane being pulled down into the left ditch and over onto its nose." A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed only unusable fuel within the tanks. No other anomalies were found with respect to the airplane or its systems that could be associated with a pre-impact condition.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-38 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Tracy, Minnesota, United States | Matthew Hagen Sederstrom | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Bozeman, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Amarillo, Texas, United States | Ceburne Aviation Services | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Auburn, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 2000 | Piper PA-38-112 | Steens, Mississippi, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2001 | Cessna 182A | Wahoo, Nebraska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-18-150 | Sidney, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 2001 | Ag-Cat G-164B | Wallace, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jul 2001 | Hiller UH-12E | Hastings, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2001 | Air Tractor AT-401 | Kenesaw, Nebraska, United States | Willmes, Steven J | No injuries | - |