- Date
- October 6, 1973
- Place
- Eagle, CO · EAGLE, CO
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4181RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731006030499A
- Case key
- 187807
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4006 73/10/6 EAGLE,COLO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N4181R PX- 0 0 7 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 3285 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE,COLO LANDER,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LINT IN SELECTOR VALVE ALLOWED AIR FROM EMPTY TANK TO ENTER FUEL LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4181R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4181RRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4181R · 2
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