Piper PA-28-235 N8553N
20 July 1984 · St.simons Is., Georgia, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 20 July 1984 at about 16:45 local time, a Piper PA-28-235 registered N8553N was involved in an accident near St.simons Is., Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St.simons Is., Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Malcolm McKinnon (SSI)
- Coordinates
- 31.2092, -81.3702
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-235
- Registration
- N8553N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Brunswick → St.simons Is.
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA84FA204
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 CRASHED DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER A POWER LOSS ON FINAL APCH. THE PLT REPORTED TO FSS ON A 3 MILE FINAL AND THEN REPORTED THE POWER LOSS AND SAID HE WOULD MAKE A 'DEAD STICK' LANDING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, FSS RECEIVED AN ELT SIGNAL. THE ACFT WAS FOUND 3/4 OF A MILE FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 15. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT AUX POSITION. THIS TANK HAD ONLY 5 GALS IN IT AT DEPARTURE AND THE ACFT HAD FLOWN APRX 20 MINS WITH AN EN ROUTE STOP. THE RT WING TANKS CONTAINED THE SAME AMT OF FUEL AS AT TAKEOFF. THE LEFT WING TANKS WERE RUPTURED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 16 Sep 1984 | Piper PA-28-140 | South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 1984 | Cessna 150 | Jessup, Georgia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1984 | Cessna 172H | Fairburn, Georgia, United States | South Fulton Sky | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 1984 | Rotec RALLY 3 | Stockbridge, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 1984 | Haxton QUICKIE Q2 | Kennesaw, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1984 | Cessna 177B | Lafayette, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 25 Jul 1984 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Augusta, Georgia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |