Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Gwinnett Co Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30245
Tuesady, October 28, 1986 13:03 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ABOUT 20 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, WHILE CRUISING AT 6500', THE ENG LOST POWER. RPRTDLY, THE ENG WENT TO EITHER IDLE OR A WIND-MILLING COND & THE FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. THE PLT TRIED TO RESTART THE ENG BY USING EMERG PROCEDURES, BUT WAS UNABLE. HE INITIALLY TRIED TO CONTACT ATLANTA APCH CTL (SATELLITE RADAR-P POSITION/SAT-P) WHEN THE ACFT WAS APRX 12 MI NW OF GWINNETT CO ARPT; HOWEVER, HE HAD DIFFICULTY MAKING RDO CONTACT. AFTER CONTACT WAS MADE, HE DECLARED A 'MAYDAY SITUATION,' & 47 SEC LATER, HE WAS PROVIDED A VECTOR TO THE ARPT & WAS ADVISED IT WAS 7 MI AHEAD. SVRL SUBSEQUENTLY RDO CALLS WERE BLOCKED BY OTHER ACFT USING THE SAME FREQ. WHEN THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO THE ARPT, HE STARTED A TURN TOLND ON A ROAD, BUT THE ACFT HIT A TREE, THEN CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE & HOUSE & BURNED. NEARBY PERSONS REMOVED THE OCCUPANTS FM THE ACFT, BUT THE ACFT, HOUSE & 2 CARS WERE BADLY BURNED. NO REASON WAS FND FOR LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE & ENGPOWER. DOWNING & MATHIS AIRSTRIPS WERE LOCATED APRX 15 & 12 MI NW OF GWINNETT CO ARPT, APRX 3 MI RGT OF ACFT'S FLT PATH.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/28/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1303 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | LAWRENCEVILLE |
| Event State | GEORGIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 30245 |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | GWINNETT CO |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 17A |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 2 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 335 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1248 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 247 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PDK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1002 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 18 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 11 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 19 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 350 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1500 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2081 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 28 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1330 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 32616 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 5:09PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3285W |
| NTSB Number | ATL87FA012 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-32-260 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-32-260 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 32-116 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3400 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 4 1986 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MARION A. ALLEN, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 124 E. MAIN ST., P.O. BOX 1439 |
| Aircraft Owner City | FT. VALLEY |
| Aircraft Owner State | GA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 31030 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 49A |
| Departure City | ELLIJAY |
| Departure State | GA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1200 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | 54A |
| Destination City | PERRY |
| Destination State | GA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |