ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359283
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| Date: | Friday 3 March 1995 |
| Time: | 18:28 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7498R |
| MSN: | 28-22053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charleston, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elizabeth City, NC (ECG |
| Savannah, GA (KSAV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE. ABOUT 2 HOURS AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. HE STATED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED, AND HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER, AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A HIGHWAY. DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES, AND CRASHED INTO THE TERRAIN. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE REVEALED THAT THE DETENT WASHER WAS BROKEN, AND THAT 1/4 OF THE WASHER WAS MISSING. THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE DETENT, THE SELECTOR ROTATED FREELY, AND WAS EASILY MOVED TO AN IN-BETWEEN TANKS OR 'OFF' POSITION.
Probable Cause: The failure of the position washer in the fuel selector valve, which resulted in the fuel starvation of the engine.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL95LA056
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 08:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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