Accident Piper PA-28-151 N32411, Sunday 15 January 1995

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Date:	Sunday 15 January 1995
Time:	20:38 LT
Type:	Piper PA-28-151
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N32411
MSN:	28-7515151
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	2100 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320-E3D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Orange Beach, AL - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Ft. Myers, FL (KFMY)
Destination airport:	Gulf Shores, AL
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT WAS INITIATING A VISUAL APPROACH FOR LANDING. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS TO THE LEFT TANK POSITION, AND THE ENGINE ROUGHENED UP, AND QUIT. UNABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, HE FORCE LANDED IN A WOODED, SWAMPY AREA. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, A TEST RUN OF THE ENGINE WAS PERFORMED ON THE AIRFRAME. THE ENGINE STARTED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, AND RAN FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Probable Cause: A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

Accident investigation: