Piper PA-24-250 N100J

Summary

On 1 October 1988 at about 18:55 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N100J, operated by IVY V. Ausburn, was involved in an accident near Monroeville, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 October 1988 at 18:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroeville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Monroe County (MVC)

Coordinates

31.5102, -87.3210

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N100J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

IVY V. Ausburn

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Meridian → Quincy

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL89LA002

2 people 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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE HAD REQUESTED THE ACFT BE FULLY SVCD WITH FUEL BEFORE TAKEOFF; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL. HE RPRTD THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, HE HAD FLOWN ABOUT 50 MIN WHEN HE NOTED THE RGT TANK, WHICH HE WAS USING, INDCD EMPTY. HE SAID HE NORMALLY FLEW FOR AN HOUR BEFORE SWITCHING TO ANOTHER TANK. BELIEVING HE HAD USED ONLY 9 GAL FROM THE 30 GAL TANK, HE ELECTED TO DELAY SWITCHING TO THE OTHER TANK. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENG LOST POWER. THE PLT MOVED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE OTHER TANK, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE SUFFICIENT POWER TO SUSTAIN FLT. SUBSEQUENTLY, DRG AN EMERG LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & A FENCE, THEN CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE RGT TANK WAS FOUND TO BE EMPTY; ONLY 7 GAL OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE LEFT TANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.