# Accident 20010426008899A: Piper PA39, Fort Collins, CO, April 26, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2001, 07:45 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Downtown Ft Collins Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8984Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA39
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010426008899A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT LOST POWER ON TAKOFF. BOTH ENGINE APPEARED TO BE NOT GENERATING POWER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.  FUEL SAMPLES HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY NTSB.  A FOLLOW-UP WILL BE PURSUED ON THE ENGINES TO SEE IF THE SOURCE OF THE LOST POWER CAN BE FOUND.  SAMPLING OF THE PLUGS SHOWED NO ABNORMALITIES.  INSPECTION OF THE COCKPIT DID NOT REVEAL CONTROLS IN AN ABNORMAL CONDITION.

## 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 DEN01FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA090), Apr 26, 2001: Piper PA-39 (N8984Y), Fort Collins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of right engine power on take-off as a result of the separation of the right engine's alternate air door, which lodged in the fuel servo air inlet. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain…

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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