- Date
- May 15, 1972
- Place
- Montague, CA · MONTAGUE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8619WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165869
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0450 72/5/15 MONTAGUE,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 5235 TIME - 0710 N8619W PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTAGUE-YREKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTAGUE,CALIF RENO,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PAX INADVERTENTLY KICKED FUEL SELECTOR OUT OF DETENT BFOR T/O WHILE REACHING TO REAR SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8619W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montague-Yreka
N8619WRegistration cancelled May 29, 2020 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8619W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.