Piper PA-22-160 N8457D
26 October 2022 · Osage, Arkansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 October 2022 at about 07:27 local time, a Piper PA-22-160 registered N8457D, operated by Sbsb, LLC, was involved in an accident near Osage, Arkansas, 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 07:27
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Osage, Arkansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Field
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22-160
- Registration
- N8457D
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1957
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sbsb, LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Smith → Harrison
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN23LA020
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he conducted a preflight inspection and filled both of the airplane’s fuel tanks. While enroute, the airplane’s engine lost power. The pilot switched fuel tanks but was unable to restore power. The pilot then conducted a forced landing to a rough field, during which the airplane impacted a hay bale. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the fuel tanks contained no usable fuel. No other postaccident malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations were found. Immediately following the accident, the pilot stated that he ran out of fuel. The pilot wrote on NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1 that it was possible either or both fuel tanks were not completely full “due to difficulty with the ladder and fuel pump.”
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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