On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:42:54 GMT, James Robinson
wrote:

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Chris" wrote:

Its all speculation, the poor planning was one issue, poor execution of
his way out of the problem was the other.

Poor planning is a certainty, there was no proper execution out of this
problem.

Given the time of the accident (close to midnight) I'm curious about
where he might have dropped in for fuel along the way at that time of
night. He was visiting near Syracuse, NY, and it looks like about 575
nmi to Watertown, WI, which is near the maximum range of a Piper Archer,
obviously depending on configuration.

A westbound 575 nm is definitely outside the range of an Archer.
Eastbound might be do-able with a strong tailwind.