- Date
- August 16, 1990, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lees Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55431Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900816033169A
- Case key
- 14753
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Probable cause
Check list not followed, fuel system not understood, and fuel boost pump selector improperly used, by the PIC.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pvt plt said that shortly after takeoff, at about 100 AGL, the engine quit. He said that he turned the auxilary fuel pump on, then off, and the engine ran for an additional few seconds. An emergency ldg, straight ahead, was attempted which resulted in a collision with trees, then terrain. Post accident investigation revealed no mechanical malfunctions, but fuel starvation could not be determined due to the severity of the aircraft damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55431
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305383
- Airframe hours
- 2,189
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Midwest Executive Aircraft Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1990 · 59 hours before
- Destination
- 9K4 · Warrensburg, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Mccomas, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 17 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 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.