19940122000809A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Anchorage, AK · January 22, 1994

Date
January 22, 1994 · 13:33 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9193W
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC94LA030
Reported as
Piper PA28235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B4B5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
798 total300 in this make and model

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What happened

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

Engine quit on climbout. Returned hard angled landing. Veered into snowbank. Found ice crystals in fuel tanks.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED HARD ANGLED LANDING. VEERED INTO SNOWBANK. FOUND ICE CRYSTALS IN FUEL TANKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.