# Accident 20100420032629A: Piper PA-44-180, Toole, UT, April 20, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2010, 19:05 local time
- Place: Toole, UT
- Airport: Bolinder Field - Toole Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.5953° N, 112.3389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5953&lon=-112.3389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N331GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-E1AD6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,207 total, 127 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100420032629A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AFTER A TOUCH AND GO, THE STUDENT THROTTLED UP BOTH ENGINES AND OVER THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY NUMBERS THE LEFT ENGINE WENT QUIET.  STUDENT GAVE INSTRUCTOR CONTROLS, INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFUL ENGINE RESTART, FEATHERED THE LEFT PROPELLOR.  TURNED AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AND NOTICED SINK RATE INCREASING.  PICKED A LANDING AREA IN A FIELD HEADING EAST AND TOUCHED DOWN AT ABOUT 60 KNOTS.  AIRPLANE CONTINUED FORWARD AND WENT ACROSS A DITCH  WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALLED THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD NO REMAINING FUEL AND THE RIGHT TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 19 GALLONS.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LATER REALIZED THE FUEL SELECTOR HAD BEEN LEFT IN CROSSFEED FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT ALLOWING BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT ENGINES TO FEED OFF THE LEFT FUEL TANK.

## 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 WPR10LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA210), Apr 21, 2010: Piper PA-44-180 (N331GP), Tooele, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The complete loss of power in one engine due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's failure to reposition the cross-feed valve prior to takeoff and the flight instructor's failure to monitor…

## Other reports on N331GP (1)

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

- [Incident 19991112031609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991112031609I), Nov 12, 1999: Piper PA44180 (N331GP), Uvalde, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that as aircraft was on take-off roll on runway 15/33 three deer ran across the runway in front of the aircraft. The pilot attempted to…

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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