19971216038999A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA24250 · Wichita, KS · December 16, 1997

Date
December 16, 1997 · 18:15 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Colonel James Jabara Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6377L
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI98LA064
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
447 total1 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Student swithced tanks on final. Engine quit. CFI switched back to fuller tank. No restart. Folded gear soft field. (-23) switched to fuel tank which was empty during before landing checklist, engine quit and the aircraft landed short of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT SWITHCED TANKS ON FINAL. ENGINE QUIT. CFI SWITCHED BACK TO FULLER TANK. NO RESTART. FOLDED GEAR SOFT FIELD. (-23) SWITCHED TO FUEL TANK WHICH WAS EMPTY DURING BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST, ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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