- Date
- February 21, 1988, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3524PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880221045389A
- Case key
- 22617
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt was cruising at 2,000 ft MSL when the eng lost pwr. The student plt changed fuel tanks and the engine regained pwr for about 20 sec then again lost pwr. During the forced landing the acft collided with a fence and nosed over. Examination of the eng by an FAA inspector revealed that the carburetor float, which was made of composite material, rubbed against the side of the carb bowl and fuel to the eng was cut off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3524P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2203279
- Airframe hours
- 1,981
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- E. Hart
- Registered owner
- Earle E. Hart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1987 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- F78 · Weatherford, TX
- Destination
- 52F · Roanoke, TX
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,347 total · 12 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 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.
Other investigations on N3524P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.