Piper PA-28-151 N32658

Summary

On 10 January 1983 at about 03:05 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N32658, operated by John E. Scheleski, was involved in an accident near Near Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 January 1983 at 03:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

21.3091, -157.7503

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N32658

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John E. Scheleski

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Honolulu → Kona

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LJA04

1 person had minor injuries.

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

THE PLT & PASSENGERS DEPARTED ON A SIGHT-SEEING FLT TO VIEW A VOLCANO ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII VIA KONA, HI & RETURN. THE FUEL TANKS HAD BEEN TOPPED OFF BEFORE DEPARTURE, & REPORTEDLY, THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THE FLT. EXCEPT FOR DIFFICULTIES IN STARTING THE ENGINE (WHICH REQUIRED A JUMPED START DUE TO A LOW BATTERY), THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE ACFT WAS BETWEEN MOLOKAI & HONOLULU. AT THAT TIME, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED & BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PLT MANAGED TO GET THE ENGINE RUNNING SMOOTHLY FOR A TIME BY ADJUSTING THE MIXTURE CONTROL, BUT THEN IT SPUTTERED AGAIN & QUIT RUNNING. THE ACFT WAS DITCHED IN THE OPEN SEA, & ABOUT 2 HRS LATER, THE OCCUPANTS WERE RESCUED BY THE COAST GUARD. THE ACFT SANK & WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.