ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376820
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| Date: | Saturday 6 July 1985 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N29461 |
| MSN: | 34-7970254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 800 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saline Valley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mammoth Lakes, CA |
| Mammoth Lakes, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT THE PLT OBSERVED A SLIGHT LT ENG FUEL PRESSURE FLUCTUATION. PREVIOUSLY, A SIMILAR FLUCTUATION TO THE RT ENG REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF A LEAKING FUEL LINE. FEARING FIRE BECAUSE OF A SUSPECTED FUEL LEAK TO THE LT ENG, THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT THE FIRST OBSERVED 'SUITABLE' LOCATION. ON SHORT FINAL APCH TO AN UNCHARTED, DIRT, 1300-FT-LONG AIRSTRIP, GUSTY WINDS WERE ENCOUNTERED. THE ACFT DROPPED, TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX85LA312
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 October 2001 | N29461 | Golf Romeo LLC | 0 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |
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| 29-Mar-2024 20:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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