# Accident 19910722029109A: Piper PA23250, Gardner, MA, July 22, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1991, 16:50 local time
- Place: Gardner, MA
- Airport: Gardner Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5639° N, 72.0208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5639&lon=-72.0208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54819, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54819-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910722029109A

## Narrative

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

LOST LEFT ENGINE DUE FAILED FUEL FITTING.USED CROSSFEED.OVERSHOT. RIGHT ENGINE QUIT DUE WORN FUEL FITTING.

## 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 NYC91LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA185), Jul 22, 1991: Piper PA-23-250 (N54819), Templeton, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL STARVATION INDUCED POWER LOSS ON FIRST THE LEFT ENGINE DUE TO A FAILED FUEL FITTING AND THEN THE RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO A WORN FUEL FITTING. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED…

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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