# Incident 20001018018409I: Piper PA23, Kelso, WA, October 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2000, 12:09 local time
- Place: Kelso, WA
- Airport: Kelso-Longview Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1168° N, 122.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kelso, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1168&lon=-122.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3127P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3127P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001018018409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE FLYING IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM, THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO CARBURETOR ICE. FAILURE OCCURRED WITHIN 15 SECONDS OF SELECTION OF FUEL TRANSFER. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE FUEL TRANSFER.

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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