Piper PA-28-181 N31914

Summary

On 31 May 1983 at about 04:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N31914, operated by Nubb Aire, was involved in an accident near Molokai, Hawaii, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 May 1983 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Molokai, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Molokai (MKK)

Coordinates

21.0795, -157.0102

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N31914

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Nubb Aire

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kahului, Maui → Honolulu

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA263

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 PILOT HAD JUST BEEN CHECKED OUT IN A C-172 WHICH HE HAD BEEN FLYING THE PAST 3 DAYS. HE THEN SWITCHED ACFT AND THIS FLT WAS IN A PA-28. THE C-172 TANK SELECTOR HAS A BOTH TANKS POSITION AND THE PA-28 DOES NOT. THE TANK SELECTOR WAS ON LEFT TANK WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT SWITCHED TO ANOTHER POSITION BUT DID NOT CHECK IT VISUALLY DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE. AFTER THE LANDING THE SELECTOR WAS FOUND TO BE BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TANK. THE LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY, THE RIGHT TANK WAS FULL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.