# Incident 19980430011669I: Cessna A185E, Juneau, AK, April 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1998, 14:30 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.3019° N, 134.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Juneau, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3019&lon=-134.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2794J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2794J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980430011669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: OFFICE TRACKING NUMBER: IAL 05980002. THE ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE HAD BEEN ROTATED 180 DEGREES OUT FROM THE "BOTH ON" POSITION. THE PLASTIC GUARD THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS HAD BEEN CUT AWAY AND REMOVED FROM THE FUEL SELECTOR ASSEMBLY. WHEN IN THIS POSITION THE FUEL SELECTOR GAVE THE ILLUSION THAT "BOTH ON" HAD BEEN SELECTED.

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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