Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28R-200 N44042

27 December 1983 · Terre Haute, Indiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 27 December 1983 at about 02:30 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N44042 was involved in an accident near Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 02:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28R-200
Registration
N44042
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Wichita Falls → Indianapolis
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
CHI84LA067

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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 ACFT MADE AN OFF ARPT FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE FLT DEPARTED WICHITA FALLS, TX AT 1516 WITH 48 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. WHEN ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE, IN, THE ENGINE QUIT. THEPLT TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT COULD NOT. THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED BETWEEN 1/16 AND 1/8 OF A TANK AT THIS TIME. THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 2130. AN FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE ACFT AND REPORTED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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