- Date
- May 30, 1987, 18:15 local (May 31, 1987, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7744PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870530021209A
- Case key
- 17236
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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 plt stated after the accident that shortly after departure the pax smelled something burning. The plt circled the arpt and determined the flt could continue. A short time later the burning smell returned followed by a loss of fuel pressure. The plt executed an emergency landing in an open field and the acft sustained substantial damage. The post crash examination of the eng revealed the fuel pressure line between the carburetor and the firewall was in a state of deterioration and had several holes in it. The area of deterioration occurred to a portion of the line that is exposed to heat from the exhaust system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7744P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2959
- Airframe hours
- 4,244
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-AID5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Campbell
- Registered owner
- James Harrington/D. Getchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1986 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- BDG · Lake Powell, UT
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 491 total · 103 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N7744P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.