ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356022
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Date: | Saturday 12 April 1997 |
Time: | 12:20 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-24 |
Owner/operator: | Cedar Aircraft, Inc. |
Registration: | N8739P |
MSN: | 24-4190 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3503 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Elk Falls, KS -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Cherokee, IA (KCKP) |
Destination airport: | Mineola, TX (3T1) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During cruise flight, the pilot switched tanks from the left main tank to the right auxiliary tank. After switching tanks the pilot said the gauges read full and he felt the detent. The pilot had taken off with 30 gallons of fuel in the left main tank. After approximately 2 hour and 7 minutes, the engine lost power. The pilot said he switched the fuel selector to the right main tank and turned on the electrical fuel pump to try and restart the engine. The pilot was unsuccessful and he landed on a gravel road. The aircraft was substantially damaged. Examination of the fuel selector assembly revealed that the cam was separated from the shaft along the line of the braze joint. The O-ring was also separated and indicated a brittle break oriented on helical planes.
Probable Cause: fracture of the fuel selector assembly which resulted in fuel starvation.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI97LA105 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI97LA105
History of this aircraft
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