What happened
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Aircraft accident preliminary notice narrative: lost engine power while on short final for runway 34 at the Yolo county airport (kdwa). Aircraft forced landed in a field 1/2 mile short of the approach end of runway 34.total time 10,065.70 as of 12/07/2011.FAA inspector narrative: 12/08/2011, inspector arrived on site approximately 1015 a.m, along with the recovery crew from the 141 operation (mazzei / golden eagle); inspector observed the "fuel selector" valve was located in the "off" position. Inspector checked with the local fire department that responded to the accident for an on-site written narrative. The fire chief and the fireman crew arrived to the accident scene noted the pilot had extricated himself uninjured from the aircraft. The fireman crew noted the left wing filler cap was seeping fuel. No fuel was observed seeping from the right wing. Fireman privacy data omitted claimed the "fuel selector" valve was situated between the "left and right" position. Fireman privacy data omitted placed the valve in the "off" position. Inspector observed the PA-38-112 tomahawk came to rest upside down. The nose wheel assembly was folded over aft into the belly fuselage skin surface area. The propeller assembly shows no rotational damage. After the nose wheel collapsed one blade had no damage the other was bent aft approximately 3-4 inches at the tip to inboard approximately 10 inch. No damage to the prop nose cone. The sudden stoppage flipped the aircraft over on to its back driving the vertical fin into the ground. Damage to the fuselage occurred at appoint approximately 24-36 inches forward of the horizontal stabilizer, with sufficient force to severely wrinkle and distorted the empennage. The ground markings demonstrate the aircraft contacted the ground at a steep nose down angle. The nose wheel scored exclusively into ground collapsing the nose gear. Then bounced and flipped over at a spot approximately 50-60 yards from the nose wheel contact. The accident site appeared to be approximately ½ to ¾ miles south in alignment to the runway heading. Operations coordination with inspector schuchbauer.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT PRELIMINARY NOTICE NARRATIVE: LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 34 AT THE YOLO COUNTY AIRPORT (KDWA). AIRCRAFT FORCED LANDED IN A FIELD 1/2 MILE SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 34.TOTAL TIME 10,065.70 AS OF 12/07/2011.FAA INSPECTOR NARRATIVE: 12/08/2011, INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SITE APPROXIMATELY 1015 A.M, ALONG WITH THE RECOVERY CREW FROM THE 141 OPERATION (MAZZEI / GOLDEN EAGLE); INSPECTOR OBSERVED THE "FUEL SELECTOR" VALVE WAS LOCATED IN THE "OFF" POSITION. INSPECTOR CHECKED WITH THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT FOR AN ON-SITE WRITTEN NARRATIVE. THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE FIREMAN CREW ARRIVED TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE NOTED THE PILOT HAD EXTRICATED HIMSELF UNINJURED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE FIREMAN CREW NOTED THE LEFT WING FILLER CAP WAS SEEPING FUEL. NO FUEL WAS OBSERVED SEEPING FROM THE RIGHT WING. FIREMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLAIMED THE "FUEL SELECTOR" VALVE WAS SITUATED BETWEEN THE "LEFT AND RIGHT" POSITION. FIREMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PLACED THE VALVE IN THE "OFF" POSITION. INSPECTOR OBSERVED THE PA-38-112 TOMAHAWK CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS FOLDED OVER AFT INTO THE BELLY FUSELAGE SKIN SURFACE AREA. THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY SHOWS NO ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ONE BLADE HAD NO DAMAGE THE OTHER WAS BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY 3-4 INCHES AT THE TIP TO INBOARD APPROXIMATELY 10 INCH. NO DAMAGE TO THE PROP NOSE CONE. THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON TO ITS BACK DRIVING THE VERTICAL FIN INTO THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE OCCURRED AT APPOINT APPROXIMATELY 24-36 INCHES FORWARD OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO SEVERELY WRINKLE AND DISTORTED THE EMPENNAGE. THE GROUND MARKINGS DEMONSTRATE THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AT A STEEP NOSE DOWN ANGLE. THE NOSE WHEEL SCORED EXCLUSIVELY INTO GROUND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THEN BOUNCED AND FLIPPED OVER AT A SPOT APPROXIMATELY 50-60 YARDS FROM THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACT. THE ACCIDENT SITE APPEARED TO BE APPROXIMATELY ½ TO ¾ MILES SOUTH IN ALIGNMENT TO THE RUNWAY HEADING. OPERATIONS COORDINATION WITH INSPECTOR SCHUCHBAUER.
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