# Accident 20100803046249A: Piper PA-28-161, Blossvale, NY, August 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2010, 08:45 local time
- Place: Blossvale, NY
- Airport: Becks Grove
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2528° N, 75.5967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2528&lon=-75.5967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9101M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9101M-2012-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: TEXTRON LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,047 total, 22 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA395) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100803046249A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED K16 VFR. AT APPROX. 100 AGL ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSS POWER PILOT ANNOUNCED HE WAS SWITCHING FUEL TANKS AND BOOST PUMP WAS ON, ENGINE HAD QUIT BY THIS TIME SO HE HELD WINGS LEVAL AND NOSE SLIGHLY HIGH AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAIN TO CONTACT TREE TOPS. AIRCRAFT SNAGED POWERLINE AND CARTWHEELED IN TO WOODED LOT. PILOT AND PILOT/PASENGER SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. AIRCRAFT REMOVED TO OWNERS HANGAR, ENGINE INSPECTED AND NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. TEMP/DEW PT. AT RME 9 MILES EAST WAS 23/19 AT APPROX TIME OF ACCIDENTNOTE: FULL RUNWAY TAXI BACK AFTER ENGINE RUN UP ON VERY HUMID DAY CARB ICE SUSPECT

## 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 ERA10LA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA395), Aug 3, 2010: Piper PA-28-161 (N9101M), Blossvale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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