# Accident 20040422008749A: Piper PA18150, Minneapolis, MN, April 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2004, 07:40 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0617° N, 93.3533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0617&lon=-93.3533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82943 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 15 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040422008749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CHANGED FUEL SELECTOR JUST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AFTER DOING RUNUP. FUEL WAS INTERRUPTED EITHER BY BEING PLACED IN THE OFF POSITION OR IN BETWEEN TANKS. UNABLE TO DETERMINE SINCE PILOT SAYS HE CHANGED THE FUEL SELECTOR AFTER TAKEOFF AS PART OF AN EMERGENCY LANDING ROUTINE.

## 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 CHI04CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA108), Apr 22, 2004: Piper PA-18-150 (N82943), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not verifying the position of the fuel selector prior to the takeoff, resulting in the loss of engine power during initial climb due to fuel starvation. Factors to the accident were the…

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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