ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387482
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| Date: | Saturday 12 August 2000 |
| Time: | 00:22 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Pomono, Inc. |
| Registration: | N2545N |
| MSN: | 38-79A0908 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7849 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Coopersville, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Muskegon, MI (KMKG) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was returning to Muskegon, Michigan following a circuit, cross-country flight. As the airplane approached Muskegon, the instructor pilot said he told his student to perform a climbing turn and a descending turn. As the student finished the maneuver, 'I heard the engine go to idle.' The instructor pilot said they realized that the engine had quit. The instructor pilot took control of the airplane and made several restart attempts. The instructor pilot located a field on the ground to land on, shut off everything but the master switch and landed. The instructor pilot said he tried to keep the nose wheel off the ground, but in a couple of seconds, they were stopped. An examination of the engine's carburetor revealed that a 1/4 inch long and 1/8 inch diameter, angular tab, was totally blocking the hole in the seat. Examination of the remaining airplane systems revealed no anomalies.
Probable Cause: fuel starvation due to the blocked carburetor. Factors relating to the accident were the foreign object (tab), the improper maintenance performed on the carburetor, and the corn crop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI00LA253
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2024 09:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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