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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Chino, CA · June 14, 2013

Date
June 14, 2013 · 10:36 local
Place
Chino, CA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9514J
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total150 in this make and model3 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 during takeoff experienced loss of power and pilot declared an emergency and landed aircraft without incident. During the course of the investigation it was discovered that the fuel selector was not in the detent but was between detents this caused a restriction of the fuel flow and subsequent loss of power.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS NOT IN THE DETENT BUT WAS BETWEEN DETENTS THIS CAUSED A RESTRICTION OF THE FUEL FLOW AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF POWER.