# Accident 20100729041099A: Piper PA-28-180, Dayton, WA, July 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2010, 11:48 local time
- Place: Dayton, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3168° N, 117.9768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dayton, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3168&lon=-117.9768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57PJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57PJ-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 30 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/20100729041099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF AT 0930 LOCAL TIME FROM MARTIN FIELD, WALLA WALLA FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT.  AFTER CLIMBING TO APPROXIMATELTY 10,600 FEET AND FLYING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, PILOT CALLED WALLA WALLA TOWER TO REPORT A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.  FROM THAT POINT ON TO CRASH, APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES TOWER TAPES SHOW PILOT MISORIENTED AND NOT ANSWERING CLEARLY.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED 2 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.  WRECKAGE SHOWED FUEL MIXTURE IN FULL RICH POISTION AND FUEL TANK IN RIGHT POSITION.  RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY.  LEFT TANK HAD SOME FUEL IN IT, BUTWAS  UNABLE TO TELL HOW MUCH WAS ON BOARD AS LEFT WING HAD BEEN SITTING UPSIDE DOWN.  PILOT INTERVIEWED REVEALED THAT BOTH TANKS WERE FILLED TO THE TABS BEFORE TAKE-OFF, APPROX. 18 GALLONSPER SIDE. THE PILOT DID NOT REMEMBER EVER LEANING THE FUEL MIXTURE NOR CHANGING FUEL TANKS DURING THE FLIGHT.  HE HAD LIMITED TIME IN THIS AIRCRAFT AND WAS USED TO AIRCRAFT WITH "BOTH" SELECTION ON FUEL TANK SELECTOR.

## 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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