# Incident 20080224012929I: Piper PA28140, Morrisville, VT, February 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2008, 16:15 local time
- Place: Morrisville, VT
- Airport: Morrisville Stowe State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5344° N, 72.6140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISVILLE-STOWE STATE (MVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5344&lon=-72.6140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4133J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4133J-2011-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 140 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080224012929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TAKEOFF CLIMB, ENGINE QUIT AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL. PILOT LOWERED NOSE, ENGINE REGAINED POWER THEN PILOT RAISED NOSE AND ENGINE QUIT AGAIN. HE THEN NOTICED A FIELD TO THE LEFT AND LANDED HARD. PILOT STATED THAT HE PUT 10 GALLONS IN EACH TANK AT BAF AND THEN FLEW TO MORRISVILLE FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. AFTER THE INSPECTION HE STATED THAT HE RAN THE ENGINE ON THE RIGHT TANK AND IT QUIT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INFORMED HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO KEEP THE BOOST PUMP ON FOR 4 TO 6 MINUTES. HE STATED THAT HE RAN THE ENGINE AGAIN WITH THE BOOST PUMP ON FOR AT LEAST 6 MINUTES, TURNED OFF AND TAXIED TO RUN UP AREA. HE STATED THAT EVERYTHING FUNCTIONED NORMAL, TAXIED TO END OF RUNWAY, TURNED BOOST PUMP ON AND ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR REMAINED ON THE RIGHT TANK. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AT THE SCENE AND FOUND THE FUEL SELECTOR ON THE RIGHT TANK. THE RIGHT TANK WAS DRAINED AND THE TANK CONTAINED ABOUT A PINT OF FUEL.

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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