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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Morgan Hill, CA · September 28, 1981

Date
September 28, 1981 · 19:05 local
Place
Morgan Hill, CA
Airport
Morgan Hill
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ATWA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N15420
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,970 total30 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot climbed aircraft to 4500, engine quit landed ok. Found tank selector on auxillary tank instead of on main. .

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CLIMBED AIRCRAFT TO 4500, ENGINE QUIT LANDED OK. FOUND TANK SELECTOR ON AUXILLARY TANK INSTEAD OF ON MAIN. .

Other reports on N15420 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.