ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 132076
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Date: | Friday 15 February 1991 |
Time: | 19:45 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-32-260 |
Owner/operator: | Joseph M. Ramirez |
Registration: | N3549W |
MSN: | 32-436 |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4B5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Guymon, OK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
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Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE 55 HOUR STUDENT PILOT PREFLIGHTED THE AIRPLANE AND NOTED FUEL IN BOTH TANKS, THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINING '15 TO 16 GALLONS.' HE TOOK OFF TO PRACTICE DOWNWIND LEG, THE ENGINE 'COUGHED' AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT SAID HE SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM THE RIGHT TANK TO THE LEFT TANK. THE ENGINE REGAINED POWER MOMENTARILY, THEN QUIT AGAIN. THE PILOT DID NOT RECALL THE IMPACT, BUT WITNESSES SAID THE AIRPLANE NOSED INTO THE GROUND. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION DISCLOSED 'A MEASURABLE AMOUNT OF FUEL' IN BOTH TANKS, BUT NO FUEL IN THE CARBURETOR BOWL OR FUEL PUMP.
Probable Cause: FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, AND THE PILOT'S DELAY IN FLARING THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR WAS: THE PILOT'S TOTAL LACK OF EXPERIENCE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN91LA045 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DEN91LA045
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
21-Apr-2024 08:13 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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