Piper PA-28-151 accident near Kissimmee, FL
On April 15, 1996, a Piper PA-28-151 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kissimmee, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 15, 1996
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-151 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 28.300°N, 81.410°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05629
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 14, 1996, about 2338 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-151, N6902F, registered to Skycraft Inc., Voorhees, New Jersey, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91, personal flight, crashed while on right base and approach to runway 24 at the Kissimmee Airport, Kissimmee, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The private pilot was seriously injured, and one passenger was fatally injured. The flight had departed Medford, New Jersey, about 1400, en route to Kissimmee, stopping at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for fuel. The flight departed Myrtle Beach at 1918. According to the pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, before departing Myrtle Beach, she had the fixed base operator "top off" the airplane with 40 gallons of "hundred low lead fuel." The pilot further stated, that near the destination airport the airplane's engine "began running very rough and quit." In her May 2, 1996, statement she wrote, "I cannot recall any more about the accident at this time...[I] went through [the] emergency procedures, and specifically, I put the fuel pump on, switched the fuel selector valve to the other tank, and tried to restart with the key. I also checked the circuit breakers." The NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC) was unable to obtain permission from the pilot's family to interview her. The pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, was prepared by the pilot's husband, submitted by her attorney, and received by the NTSB on May 6, 1996. In addition, the IIC had requested an interview w
Probable cause
the pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in fuel starvation and a forced landing in a residential area. A factor relating to the accident was: the inaccuracy of the expected fuel consumption.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
