Piper PA-25-235 N4514Y
7 April 2001 · Pearland, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 April 2001 at about 00:30 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N4514Y, operated by Night Hawk Aerial Advertising, was involved in an accident near Pearland, Texas, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 00:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pearland, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Clover Field (LVJ)
- Coordinates
- 29.5500, -95.2704
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-25-235
- Registration
- N4514Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Night Hawk Aerial Advertising
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Pearland → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- FTW01LA094
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion while in the traffic pattern.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot returned to his home base after a banner towing flight. He experienced difficulty releasing the banner and landed on the grass between two runways. He dragged the banner on the ground and it eventually released; however, he was too close to the end of the runway to stop, so he performed a go-around. While he was in the traffic pattern, "he ran out of fuel" and the engine "quit." The pilot was unable to make it back to the runway and elected to make a forced landing into trees in a residential area. Subsequently, the airplane impacted the trees.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2001 | Piper PA-25-150 | Marcos Juarez, Argentina | Arasunu S.R.L | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-25-235 | Bainbridge, Georgia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 2001 | Piper PA-25 | Warren, Vermont, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-25-235 | Callaway, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 May 2001 | Piper PA-25-235 | Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-25-235 | Blakely, Georgia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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