Accident · 1991-10-13
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-10-13
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA28-161 (N8379V)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Alpine Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- ALPINE AVIATION
Probable cause
FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE PILOT'S INATTENTION AND BECOMING LOST. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE NIGHT CONDITIONS.
Source: NTSB case SEA92LA012Flight 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.