Accident · 2000-10-11
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-10-11
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-140 (N732FL)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the pilot's inaccurate preflight planning. Factors were the fuel exhaustion, the trees, and the bright night condition.
Source: NTSB case CHI01LA009Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.