19880820047449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Delanco, NJ · August 20, 1988

Date
August 20, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
Delanco, NJ
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4302T
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,000 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Forced landing in field due to engine failure from fuel starvation. Fuel selector valve not connected properly.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING IN FIELD DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE FROM FUEL STARVATION. FUEL SELECTOR VALVE NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY.

Other reports on N4302T · 1

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