- Date
- November 8, 1989, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25644Piper PA38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891108044759A
- Case key
- 26681
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to properly use the checklist and the fuel selector valve was improperly selected to the empty tank.
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 student pilot returned from the practice area to perform touch-&-go's. during the first takeoff the airplane sustained a total loss of power. The airplane was relanded but ran off the end of the rwy. Post-accident investigation disclosed that the fuel selector was positioned to the left fuel tank which was empty. The right fuel tank contained about 10 gals of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25644
- Reported as
- Piper PA38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0033
- Airframe hours
- 3,703
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chandler Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 27, 1989 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- P10
- Destination
- P10
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler Muni, runway 22, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- 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.