Piper PA38-112 N2556D

Summary

On 5 November 1983 at about 00:25 local time, a Piper PA38-112 registered N2556D, operated by Omni Aviation, was involved in an accident near Corona, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 November 1983 at 00:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Corona, California, United States

Nearest airport

Corona Municipal (L66)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA38-112

Registration

N2556D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Omni Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA046

Nobody was injured.

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 ACFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING AN OFF RWY BUT ON ARPT FORCED LANDING. THE PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WAS TESTING THE ACFT. AT 150 FT AGL DURING TAKEOFF THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PLT LANDED ON ROUGH TERRAIN ABOUT1/4 MILE WEST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY. THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR FOREIGN CONTAMINATES IN BOTH FUEL TANKS. THE MAIN FUEL LINE TO THE CARBURETOR INLET UNION DID NOT CONTAIN ANY FUEL. FUEL HOWEVER WAS FOUND IN THE GASCOLATOR BOWL. THE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP FILTER CONTAINED EXTENSIVE FOREIGN CONTAMINATES. THE CARBURETOR AND FUEL PUMP WERE BENCH TESTED AND THE CARBURETOR BOWL FLOODED AT AN INPUT PRESSURE OF 3.8 # PSI. AT 5# PSI THE FUEL LEVEL IN THE BOWL SHOULD BE ABOUT 1/2 INCH FROM THE BOWL TOP WHEN THE FLOAT SHUTS OFF THE FUEL. THE FLOAT ASSEMBLY DID NOT SUBMERGE WHEN PLACED IN FUEL. THE FLOAT LEVEL WAS SET AT 8/32 INCH. THE SERVICE LIMIT IS 7/32 INCH. ACCORDING TO A TESTING TECHNICIAN THE FAILURE OF THE FLOAT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO CONTAMINATION IN THE FLOAT VALVE SEAT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.