- Date
- March 13, 1988, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N694MEPiper PA28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880313005139A
- Case key
- 25962
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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
Shortly after takeoff, the engine failed. During the forced landing the aircraft ran into a rock quarry. Inspection of the engine revealed that the fuel injector lines were loose and that one line had separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N694ME
- Reported as
- Piper PA28R-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7703187
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fox, Ed T.
- Registered owner
- Krametbauer, Gene D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- LHU · Lake Havasu, AZ
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- P06 · Bullhead City
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 10 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.