ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368031
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Date: | Sunday 10 September 1989 |
Time: | 14:05 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-24-180 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N7946P |
MSN: | 24-3182 |
Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Titusville, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AS THE ACFT WAS ON FINAL APCH TO LAND AFTER A BFR FLT, THE ENG LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. DURING A SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY LANDING, IT COLLIDED WITH TREES SHORT OF THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENG LOST POWER WHEN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK EMPTIED & THE LEFT TANK WAS STILL FULL.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PRIVATE PILOT (DUAL STUDENT) TO ASSURE THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO THE PROPER TANK, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION; AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI). THE TREES WERE A RELATED FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA89LA244 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 12 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA89LA244
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