ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164749
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 March 2014 |
| Time: | 11:14 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N87619 |
| MSN: | 32-40752 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Arau Backdam, Region 7 -
 Guyana
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Arau Airstrip |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft departed Arau Airstrip at 13:05hrs UTC approximately and crashed about 3-4 minutes after takeoff on the Crubu Mountain, four miles from Arau. The pilot reported that shortly after takeoff, the engine started running rough and he turned the aircraft around in an attempt to get back to Arau Airstrip. He reported that he had 5gls of fuel in the left main tank and 18gls in the right main tank. However he started the aircraft and executed the takeoff with the fuel selector on the left main tank. When he was approximately 900ft above Crubu Mountain, the engine started to run rough. His immediate reaction was to switch tanks. The intention was to switch to the right main tank but in the urgency of the situation, he mistakenly moved the selector past the right main tank to the right wing tip tank which was empty.
He explained that because he was low over the terrain he did not have much time to react. He recalls looking for a clear spot to put down the aircraft, but could not recall much about the crash because he lost consciousness.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.caribnewsdesk.com/news/7625-breaking-three-critical-in-airplane-crash-in-guyana-s-interior
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/news/stories/03/18/plane-crashes-arau-three-injured/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=87619
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 2007 | N87619 | Ram Air Freight Inc | 0 | Columbia, South Carolina |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2014 18:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Mar-2014 00:09 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 14-Nov-2018 16:16 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 22-Apr-2022 22:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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