# Accident 20180719011679A: Piper PA-28-140, Shreveport, LA, July 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2018, 08:02 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5403° N, 93.7450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5403&lon=-93.7450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7080F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7080F-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 8 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180719011679A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN AFTER THE ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE FLIGHT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TWO CIRCUITS THEN EXITED TOWARD THE NORTH PRACTICE AREA. THE PILOT REALIZED THE PLANE WAS NOT CLIMBING VERY WELL AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. ENROUTE BACK TO THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE HEADING INDICATOR PRECESSING AND THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR TUMBLING. HE THEN DISCOVERED THE VACUUM GAGE INDICATED ZERO VACUUM. THE ENGINE LOSS POWER AND PILOT SET UP BEST GLIDE BACK TO THE AIRPORT RUNWAY. PILOT PLACED THE FUEL SELECTOR ON THE FULLEST TANK (LEFT TANK). THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY HITTING AN EMBANKMENT JUST NORTH OF THE RUNWAY, SHEARING OFF BOTH GEAR STRUTS AND COLLAPSING THE NOSE STRUT ASSY INTO FLOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE RUNWAY BOUNDARY FENCE AND PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURES.

PRELIMINARY INSPECTION REVEALED THE VACUUM PUMP SHAFT SHEARED AND VERY OLD (20 YEARS BY LOGBOOK AND REBUILT). THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE LEFT POSITION ACCORDING TO THE PILOT STATEMENT AND WHEN THE LEFT FUEL CAP WAS REMOVED, THE FUEL LEVEL WAS JUST COVERING THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS ALMOST FULL. NO FUEL SMELL NOTICED AT ACCIDENT SITE. AIRCRAFT REMOVED TO STORAGE FACILITY FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

FUTHER INVESTRIGATION REVEALED NO FUEL IN FUEL LINES FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL  AND VERY LITTLE IN THE CARBURETOR BOWL. TWO SPARK PLUGS FOUND OILY AND ALL LOWER PLUGS SHOWING RUST AND LEAD DESPOITS. LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS FOUND BREACHED BY A SMALL TEAR ON THE INBOARD LEADING EDGE.

## 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 CEN18LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA281), Jul 19, 2018: Piper PA28 (N7080F), Shreveport, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

## Other reports on N7080F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770910027319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770910027319A), Sep 10, 1977: Piper PA28140 (N7080F), Fraser, MI, Substantial damage. Gusting 20K.prop,cowling,firewall dmgd.

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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