# Accident 20080205834019A: Piper PA22108, Opelousas, LA, February 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Opelousas, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5249° N, 92.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelousas, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5249&lon=-92.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4515Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4515Z-2017-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O320B1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080205834019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY CHANGING FUEL VALVE POSITION BETWEEN TANKS. ENGINE STARVED OF FUEL DURING THIS ACTION. DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE, PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A WHEAT FIELD, WERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UP SIDE DOWN. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY NTSB INDICATED FUEL VALVE DATA PLATE ATTACHMENT HARDWARE HAD VIBRATED LOOSE, CAUSING NORMAL FUEL VALVE OPERATION TO BE RESTRICTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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