# Accident 20241124019719A: Piper PA-28R-200, Gillette, WY, November 24, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2024, 17:47 local time
- Place: Gillette, WY
- Airport: Northeast Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3489° N, 105.5394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3489&lon=-105.5394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55641, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55641) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,512 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241124019719A

## Narrative

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

FUEL LINE TO ENGINE DRIVEN FUELPUMP WAS REROUTED AND THE FUEL LINE FITTING WAS ONLY HAND TIGHTENED. THE FITTING VIBRATED LOOSE FROM THE FUEL PUMP CAUSING LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE TO CEASE OPERATING.

## 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 WPR25LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA046), Nov 24, 2024: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55641), Gillette, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation resulting from a loose B-nut at the engine-driven fuel-pump inlet.

## Other reports on N55641 (1)

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

- [Incident 20060903019669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060903019669I), Sep 3, 2006: Piper PA28R200 (N55641), Delavan, WI, Minor damage. (-23) While taxiing to runway 36 at Delavan, Lake Lawn Airport (C59) the left wing of the aircraft struck a chain link fence adjacent to the approach end of…

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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