ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226208
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| Date: | Friday 14 June 2019 |
| Time: | 18:28 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee C |
| Owner/operator: | AWMR LLC |
| Registration: | N9754J |
| MSN: | 28-3854 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4405 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Huntsville, Walker County, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport, TX (CXO/KCXO) |
| Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport, TX (CXO/KCXO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was in cruise flight nearing the destination airport when the engine lost total power. The pilot reported that his low altitude precluded him from completing emergency procedures for a loss of engine power and he attempted to glide the airplane to an open field, but impacted trees short of the field. The fuel selector was found in the "off" position at the accident site. Examination of the airplane and a subsequent engine run did not reveal any anomalies with the airplane, engine, or systems.
The fuel selector installed on the accident airplane was located on the airplane's sidewall by the pilot's knee and allowed the pilot to freely rotate the selector handle through its four available positions; right tank, left tank, and two "off" positions. Two upgraded designs were subsequently provided by the manufacturer; the most recent design required the pilot to depress a spring-loaded stop while positioning the fuel selector to "off" in order to prevent the inadvertent selection of that position. Most of the pilot's experience was in airplanes equipped with the most recent fuel selector design. The manufacturer issued a mandatory service bulletin to upgrade to the most recent design, but the Federal Aviation Administration did not issue an airworthiness directive, which would have required operators to comply with that service bulletin.
It is likely that the pilot inadvertently selected the off position of the fuel selector due to his unfamiliarity with the design/operation of the installed selector, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power. Although the pilot was familiar with the accident airplane/make model, he had very limited experience in airplanes equipped with a fuel selector of the design on the accident airplane. Further, the loss of engine power may have been prevented if the accident airplane had been required to be equipped with the most recent fuel selector design.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of the pilot's inadvertent placement of the fuel selector to the "off" position.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N9754J
NTSB CEN19FA170
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
AIRCRAFT DOWN WALKER COUNTY: DPS and Firefighters are at 2609 HWY 19. Pilot has been removed from crashed aircraft and airlifted to Memorial Herman Hospital. Female passenger was found deceased on scene. No additional information available for release at this time. FAA lead pic.twitter.com/Ei9rfUjnJo
— TxDPS - Southeast Texas Region (@TxDPSSoutheast) 15 juin 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2019 16:28 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 15-Jun-2019 16:29 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:05 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Jun-2019 21:30 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2019 22:48 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2019 01:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jun-2019 01:37 | Captain Adam | Updated [Date] |
| 27-Mar-2021 20:12 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 27-Mar-2021 20:30 | harro | Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
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