NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC84FIG01
Registry · N84400
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-161
Year of manufacture
1981 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810821
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB9126
Registrant of record
N84400 LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
WHILE ON A SECOND ATTEMPT TO INTERCEPT THE LOC ON THE ILS 23 APCH AT FREDERICK, MD, THE PLT REPORTED A LOW FUEL CONDITION TO BALTIMORE ATC. AT THIS TIME ATC SUGGESTED THE PLT FLY TO EITHER BALTIMORE (34 MILES SE) OR TO DULLES (25 MILES SW) FOR AN APCH. A HEADING OF 090 DEGS WAS ISSUED FOR BALTIMORE. THE PLT THEN STATED TO ATC THAT ONE OF THE FUEL TANKS WAS EMPTY AT WHICH TIME VECTORS WERE ISSUED FOR THE NDB-A APCH AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK, GAITHERSBURG, MD. WHEN 3 1/2 MILES NNE OF THE ARPT, THE PLT REPORTED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN THE PLTS FIRST LOW FUEL REPORT TO ATC AND THE LOSS OF POWER REPORT WAS 19 MINUTES. THE ACFT CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA 2 1/2 MILES NNW OF THE ARPT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1984_NYC84FIG01.txt.
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