# NTSB CHI86LA114: Piper PA-22-150, N3900P, Plymouth, MI, March 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1986, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Plymouth, MI
- Coordinates: 42.369762, -83.459671 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3698&lon=-83.4597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13442/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA114

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - fuel system,line - disconnected (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ENG QUIT DURING CLIMB OUT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PLT SWITCHED TANKS AND TRIED A RESTART WITH NO SUCCESS. THE ACFT THEN EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND NOSED OVER DURING A LANDING ROLL IN A FIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL LINE TO THE CARBURETOR HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3900P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3900P-2002-04-22), registration cancelled 2002-04-22, S/N 22-3568, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-3568
- Airframe hours: 3276
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William E. Crump, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1985, 4 hours before
- Departed: 1D2, PLYMOUTH, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 372 total, 154 in this make and model, 263 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 18 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DTW, 10 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860329011059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860329011059A), Mar 29, 1986: Piper PA22150, Plymouth, MI, Substantial damage. Fuel line off at carburetor. Landed in field, nosed over. Failed to check for fuel leak on preflight. Fuel missing.

## Other investigations on N3900P (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 MIA98LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA150), May 6, 1998: Piper PA-22-150 (N3900P), Woodstock, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to establish a positive climb to outclimb obstacle (tree) and his decision to execute a takeoff with a tailwind.

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.

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