# Incident 20000310003559I: Piper PA18150, Chandler, AZ, March 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4101E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4101E-2006-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,895 total, 234 in this make and model, 247 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000310003559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES (ENGINE OUT) THE STUDENT TURNED THE FUEL SWITCH OFF INSTEAD OF SWITCHING TO THE OTHER TANK. THE STUDENT WAS BRIEFED ON THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE BUT FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK CORRECTLY. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS IN THE REAR SEAT AND COULD NOT SEE THE STUDENTS ACTION BUT CONFIRMED IT VERBALLY (SWITCHED FUEL TANK). WHEN THE INSTRUCTORASKED THE STUDENT TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS POWER WAS APPLIED WITHOUT RESPONSE (NO FUEL). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE DESERT WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT AND STUDENT.

## Other reports on N4101E (6)

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

- [Accident 20050322004929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050322004929A), Mar 22, 2005: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot states he was performing touch & go landing practice (conventional gear airplane). On his second landing he was not properly aligned with the…
- [Accident 19980523015429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980523015429A), May 23, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. Ground looped after landing. (From .19) on may 23, 1998, at 1215 hours mountain standard time, a Piper PA-18-150, N4101E, ground looped after landing at the…
- [Accident 19970115000469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970115000469A), Jan 15, 1997: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control looking for flap handle on landing. Ground looped. CFI failed to correct swerve.
- [Accident 19891219051929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891219051929A), Dec 19, 1989: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Bumble Bee, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Tried to land on a road,overshot,struck bushes and nosed over. Conditions for carburetor ice.
- [Accident 19871027061489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871027061489A), Oct 27, 1987: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Casa Grande, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine lost power during student training maneuvers. Crash landed on a dirt road. Cause of power loss unknown.
- [Accident 19861117056149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861117056149A), Nov 17, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. The aircraft ground looped during rollout from a downwind landing.

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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