# Accident 19900928043279A: Piper PA24260, Lapine, OR, September 28, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1990, 14:48 local time
- Place: Lapine, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6868° N, 121.4853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Pine, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6868&lon=-121.4853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8646P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8646P-1991-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 624 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900928043279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ROUGH ENGINE LOOSING POWER. STRUCK TREE ON EDGE OPEN FIELD. DESTROYED ON IMPACT. FUEL INJECTOR SERVO TORN DIAPHRAM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA90FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA197), Sep 28, 1990: Piper PA-24-260 (N8646P), Bend, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: AN ENGINE POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AS A RESULT OF A BROKEN SEAL IN THE FUEL INJECTOR SERVO. IN ADDITION, THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS APPROACH INTO AN OPEN FIELD.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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