20020930029989A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Moorhead, MN · September 30, 2002

Date
September 30, 2002 · 22:15 local
Place
Moorhead, MN
Airport
Moorhead Municipal Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9714W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI02LA299
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft lost power on short final as a result of fuel exhaustion in the left fuel tank due to improper fuel management. This fuel starvation resulted in an off airport landing causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON SHORT FINAL AS A RESULT OF FUEL EXHAUSTION IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK DUE TO IMPROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT. THIS FUEL STARVATION RESULTED IN AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N9714W · 3

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