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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Lafayette, IN · March 28, 1986

Date: March 28, 1986 · 11:15 local
Place: Lafayette, IN
Airport: Aretz
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8873P
Reported as: Piper PA24260
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,700 total50 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N8873PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4330 · Built 1965 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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Engine quit on takeoff. Landed gear up beyond runway end. Fuel selector may have been on empty tank. Fuel pump leak

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. LANDED GEAR UP BEYOND RUNWAY END. FUEL SELECTOR MAY HAVE BEEN ON EMPTY TANK. FUEL PUMP LEAK