- Date
- September 18, 1990, 15:56 local (19:56 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7229FPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900918040809A
- Case key
- 32701
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to follow proper procedures.
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 initially that during the downwind leg, he advised the plt rated passenger in the lt seat (who had 1.3 hrs tt make & model), to reposition the fuel selector, which he did. Shortly afterward, the eng quit. Attempts to restart were unsuccessful. During the descent, the airplane collided with a powerline then crashed onto a building. Post crash exam of the acft by an FAA inspector revealed that the fuel selector valve was off. According to a written report submitted by the plt, the fuel selector valve was turned off after the acft came to rest. According to the owner/operator of the acft, the eng operated normally during the post crash eng run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7229F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25142
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dialco Aviation, Inc.
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 467 total · 168 in this make and model · 355 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.