# Incident 19960514010489I: Piper PA20, Moneta, VA, May 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1996, 15:10 local time
- Place: Moneta, VA
- Airport: Smith Mountain Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1077° N, 79.5925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (W91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1077&lon=-79.5925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7799K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7799K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514010489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD BEEN CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S AT THE SMITH MOUNTAIN AIRPORT. AFTER THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO, WHILE ON BASE LEG, THE ENGINE QUIT. EXAMINATION OF THE VALVE TRAIN, MAG DRIVE, COMPRESSION AND FUEL FLOW INDICATED AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE FORM OF INSECT LARVA (MUD DAUBER) LODGED IN THE RIGHT FUEL LINE TEE CAUSING FUEL SUPPLY LOSS TO THE CARBURETOR.

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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