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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-20-135 · Las Vegas, NV · November 1, 1990

Date: November 1, 1990 · 09:20 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N1441C
Reported as: Piper PA20135
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total100 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N1441CRegistered now · Piper PA-20-135S/N 20985 Airframe modelPiper PA-20-135 Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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.

Switched fuel tanks and engine quit. Forced landing in field. Fuel selector valve was in between detents.

As the FAA filed it

SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND ENGINE QUIT. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS IN BETWEEN DETENTS.

Other reports on N1441C · 1

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

Accident 19881119051369ATouch And Go Landing · Chino, CALost directional control landing when tailwheel steering detent pin separated. No brakes on instructors side.Nov 19, 1988 · Substantial damage