# Accident 20080814845969A: Piper PA28140, Abbeville, LA, August 14, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2008, 20:30 local time
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Abbeville Chris Crusta Memoria
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9756° N, 92.0839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9756&lon=-92.0839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8323R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8323R-2008-09-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080814845969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CLIMBING OUT AFTER PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO AT THE ABBEVILLE, LA AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  THE ENGINE SPUTTERED SEVERAL TIMES AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE OFF AIRPORT INTO A PLOWED SUGAR CANE FIELD ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED OTHER THEN A MINOR CUT ON THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FACE.  ALL PERSONNEL WERE TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY.  PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK IS EMPTY AND THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE RIGHT TANK.  THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAS FUEL.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT THE AIRFRAME FUEL SYSTEM WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY AND BOTH WINGS HAD FUEL AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.  THE FUEL STRAINER BOWL SHOWS EVIDENCE THAT IT HAD HIT THE GROUND AND PUSHED TO ONE SIDE ALLOWING THE RIGHT FUEL TANK TO LEAK OVERNIGHT ONTO THE GROUND THROUGH THE FUEL SELECTOR WHICH WAS ON THE RIGHT TANK.  AIRCRAFT TO BE MOVED BY THE OWNER SO THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP AND ENGINE CAN BE CHECKED DURING AN ENGINE RUN UP.  NTSB IS GOING TO FOLLOW UP BY OBSERVING THE FUEL PUMP INSPECTION AND ENGINE RUN.

## 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 DFW08CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA207), Aug 15, 2008: Piper PA-28-140 (N8323R), Abbeville, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.

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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