- Date
- August 4, 1987, 10:33 local (17:33 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N477BLPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870804047379A
- Case key
- 25657
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
An instructor (CFI) was giving an airline transport plt (ATP) a check-out in the PA-34. The ATP checked the fuel quantity & questioned the CFI about the lvl in the left tank. The CFI acknowledged that the fuel tank was not full. The ATP stated the fuel gauges indcd 30 gal in the left tank & 25 gal in the rgt tank. Drg the flt, the CFI shut down the left eng by psng the left fuel selector to off & moving the rgt fuel selector to the x-feed psn. As the flt contd (on a VOR apch), the rgt eng lost pwr. Both fuel selectors were psnd to on, but neither eng restarted. Subsequently, the acft landed about 1/2 mi short of the rwy, hit a fence & was damaged. An exam revealed there was about 1.5 gal of fuel remaining in the left tank & aprx 42 gal in the rgt tank. FAA psnl rprtd the plt lacked knowledge of emerg procedures contained in the plt operg handbook.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477BL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347870292
- Airframe hours
- 1,066
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- California Aviation
- Registered owner
- Robert Milne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 2, 1987 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,020 total · 44 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 254 in the last 90 days · 71 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMT, 1 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 N477BL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.