20121221027519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Poteau, OK · December 21, 2012

Date
December 21, 2012 · 18:00 local
Place
Poteau, OK
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8174N
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft lost power during climb out after takeoff. Pilot inadvertantly moved fuel selector to the off position. Pilot glided the aircraft to a safe landing. Attempt to restart was not successful.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING CLIMB OUT AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT INADVERTANTLY MOVED FUEL SELECTOR TO THE OFF POSITION. PILOT GLIDED THE AIRCRAFT TO A SAFE LANDING. ATTEMPT TO RESTART WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.