Piper PA-28-180 accident near Hartford, MI
On August 20, 1996, a Piper PA-28-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hartford, MI. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 20, 1996
- Place
- Hartford, MI
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.201°N, 86.161°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06430
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 20, 1996, at 0130 eastern daylight time (edt), a Piper PA-28-180, N9209J, operated by a private pilot sustained substantial damage when during cruise flight the airplane's engine lost power. The airplane subsequently impacted the terrain in a wooded area near Hartford, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. There was no flight plan on file. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The passenger was fatally injured. The airplane had been reported missing for five days before being found on August 24, 1996. The flight originated at Mackinac Island, Michigan at 2230 edt, and was en route to Rochester, Indiana. On the day the flight originated, August 19, 1996, a witness, the manager of the Fulton County Airport, Rochester, Indiana, reported seeing the pilot and passenger arrive at the airport at approximately 1400 eastern standard time (est). The witness described their manner as "hurried." A short time after they arrived, the witness observed the pilot and passenger taxi the airplane north from the Mentone Flying Club hanger area onto the ramp and head toward the gasoline pumps. "I saw the airplane pause, which indicated to me that it was to be fueled. I got up from my desk to go to the pumps to fuel the airplane, but when I went outside I noticed the airplane taxied past the pumps and proceeded east on another taxiway toward the departure end of runway 29. A short time later, it [the airplane] departed on runway 29." Another witness on the Fulton
Probable cause
inaccurate fuel consumption calculations by the pilot before takeoff, and his improper decision not to land before his airplane ran out of fuel.
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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.
