# Accident 19960807021319A: Piper PA22150, Flushing, MI, August 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1996, 13:22 local time
- Place: Flushing, MI
- Airport: Daltons Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0600° N, 83.8409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0600&lon=-83.8409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7245D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7245D-1997-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 11 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807021319A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AND CRASHED IN A FIELD. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FROM CHESANING (50G) TO DALTON (3DA). PILOT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS, ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN BEAN FIELD. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE, THEN FLIPPED OVER AFTER SECOND IMPACT AND SLID.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (.4) THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD, FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. POSTFLIGHT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT WING TANK WAS FULL OF FUEL, AND THE LEFT WING TANK WAS EMPTY.  THE FUEL VALVE SELECTOR WAS FOUND SELECTED TO THE LEFT WING TANK.  BOTH WING TANKS USE VENTED FUEL CAPS, AND ARE ROUTED TO A SINGLE FUEL VALVE.  DURING A ENGINE RUN UP FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT NO ABNORMALITIES WITH THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE WERE NOTED.

## 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 CHI96LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA276), Aug 7, 1996: Piper PA-22 (N7245D), Flushing, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion caused by the failure of the pilot to select a fuel tank with fuel remaining.

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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