ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295243
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 October 2022 |
| Time: | 15:12 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | MPS Flying Circus LLC |
| Registration: | N4171W |
| MSN: | 32-40250 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Osawatomie-Paola Municipal Airport (K18), Paola, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Olathe-Johnson County Executive Airport, KS (OJC/KOJC) |
| Osawatomie-Paola Municipal Airport, KS (K18) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On October 12, 2022, at 1512 central daylight time, a Piper PA-32-300, N4171W, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Paola, Kansas. The pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot stated that while the airplane was on the downwind leg for landing at the destination airport, he changed the fuel tank selection to the left main wing fuel tank. The airplane’s touchdown point was beyond a 1/3 down the runway, and the airplane lifted off about 2/3 down the runway for a touch and go. The airplane was about 100-150 ft above the runway, with no runway remaining, when the engine lost power. The pilot attempted a forced landing in a small clearing ahead of the airplane. The airplane stalled and impacted the terrain as the pilot maneuvered to clear trees along the flightpath. Both wings and the fuselage sustained substantial damage.
A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the airplane had useable fuel and there was no fuel contamination from drained fuel tank samples. An engine test run revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal engine operation.
The previous airplane owner stated that sometimes when selecting different fuel tanks on the accident airplane with the selector, if the detent was not hit right on, it could be an issue. A lack of a positive selection of the fuel selector could have allowed engine operation for a short time, such as from downwind to landing, due to the limited fuel available downstream of the fuel selector. Also, a change in fuel system configuration while the airplane was in the traffic pattern does not mitigate the risks from an improper selection as afforded by making such a selection before reaching the traffic pattern altitude.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper positioning of the fuel selector, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power during a departure climb.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/plane-crash-in-miami-county-kansas-injures-1
https://news.yahoo.com/plane-crash-miami-county-kansas-235746150.html
https://www.kmbc.com/article/miami-county-injury-plane-crash-paola/41603508
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4171W
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a4f0b1&lat=38.542&lon=-94.917&zoom=15.0&showTrace=2022-10-12
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n4171w#2dd1ae14
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4171W/history/20221012/1936Z/KOJC/K81
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 04:05 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 13-Oct-2022 04:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2022 06:10 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Oct-2022 13:22 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Category] |
| 25-Oct-2022 19:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2024 22:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative, Accident report] |
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