ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122524
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 May 2011 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Pendergrass Joseph M |
| Registration: | N7690H |
| MSN: | 12-580 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3261 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | A marsh off Caribou and Charley streets, Palmer, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wasilla, AK (AK59) |
| Wasilla, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he departed with the airplane's fuel selector inadvertently placed in the "off" position. When the airplane was about 700 feet above the ground, the engine lost power. After unsuccessfully trying to restart the engine, he made an emergency landing on marshy ground, where the airplane nosed over, sustaining substantial damage to the wings and lift struts. The airplane's annual inspection was completed on the previous day, and the pilot did not notice that the fuel selector had been moved to the "off" position.
After the fuel selector was placed in the "on" position, the engine ran normally.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, resulting in a departure with the fuel selector in the "off" position, a subsequent loss of engine power, and an off-airport emergency landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1994 | N7690H | Private | 0 | Anchorage, AK | |
sub |
| 4 September 2018 | N7690H | Private | 0 | Talkeetna, AK | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2011 05:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-May-2011 05:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:53 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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