# Accident 19980902022579A: Piper PA28140, Phoenix, AZ, September 2, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1998, 20:06 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6923° N, 112.0481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6923&lon=-112.0481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55038, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55038-2000-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980902022579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED DVT FOR A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. ON APPROACH TO DVT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS RUNNING OFF RT TANK THEN SWITCHED TO LEFT WHEREUPON THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. HE SWITCHED BACK TO THERIGHT BUT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. HE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LANDFILL 2 MILE S.E. OF DVT. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT TANK BY THE RECOVERY TEAM. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF 2 TO 5 GAL SPILLED FROM THE RIGHT TANK.

## 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 LAX98LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA281), Sep 3, 1998: Piper PA-28-140 (N55038), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the pilot's inadequate in-flight fuel management and his failure to select a tank containing fuel prior to the loss of power.

## Other reports on N55038 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820523019549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820523019549A), May 23, 1982: Piper PA28140 (N55038), Portage Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Stalled on intial climb after takeoff. Possible downdraft and over gross weight, pilot misjudgment.

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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