Piper PA-25-235 N7730Z

Summary

On 5 July 1996 at about 02:40 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N7730Z was involved in an accident near Kenmare, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 July 1996 at 02:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Kenmare, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

48.6702, -102.0797

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-235

Registration

N7730Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI96LA228

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's improper refueling procedure, inadequate preflight and the inadvertent stall. A factor related to the accident was the low altitude at which the loss of power occurred.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot said that he 'was returning to the airport when the engine quit. I attempted to turn left to land into the wind and to avoid a road and a power line in front of the airplane. The airplane contacted the ground in a nose down and left wing down position, and then pivoted 180 degrees to point straight north.' Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of fuel in the airplane. No evidence of fuel was found at the site. The pilot stated that he did not know how much fuel he had in the airplane. He said that his normal fueling procedure was to fuel until the automatic shut-off on the fueling nozzle cut off. The pilot said that he could not track how much fuel he put into the airplane, because he fueled the airplane from his own 100 gallon tank which did not have a meter.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.