ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 132430
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Date: | Sunday 17 September 1989 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-180 |
Owner/operator: | Carolina Air Academy |
Registration: | N40892 |
MSN: | 28-7405074 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A4A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Haymarket, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | MWK |
Destination airport: | GAI |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
PROBABLE CAUSE:IMPROPER USE OF THE FUEL SELECTOR, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION & LOSS OF ENGINE POWER; AND IMPROPER USE OF EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AFTER LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PRESENCE OF HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS (TREES) IN THE APPROACH PATH TO THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WAS A FACTOR.
Sources:
NTSB id 20001213X29308
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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