Piper PA-32-260 N3436W

Summary

On 19 August 1982 at about 00:40 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N3436W, operated by ELO Larsen, was involved in an accident near Manhattan, Kansas, United States. 7 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 August 1982 at 00:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Manhattan, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Manhattan Muni (MHK)

Coordinates

39.1895, -96.5901

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N3436W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

ELO Larsen

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Minneapolis → Medford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82DA147

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT DEPARTED MANHATTAN, KS AND FLEW TO MINNEAPOLIS, MN. AT MINNEAPOLIS, HE REFUELED WITH 10 GAL ADDED TO THE LEFT MAIN TANK. HE SAID BOTH MAIN TANKS WERE FULL, THE RIGHT AUXILIARY TANK WAS EMPTY, AND HE ESTIMATED THERE WAS 5 GAL IN THE LEFT AUXILIARY TANK. ON HIS RETURN FLIGHT TO MANHATTAN, HE USED ALL OF THE FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK AND WAS FEEDING FROM THE LEFT TANK WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 4 MILES FROM MANHATTAN WHEN THIS OCCURRED. A LANDING WAS MADE IN A PLOWED FIELD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. AN EXAMINATION REVEALED THERE WAS NO FUEL IN EITHER THE LEFT OR RIGHT MAIN TANKS. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT MAIN TANK POSITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.