# NTSB Accident IAD99LA026
> **Piper PA-30** · 1999-01-05 · FAIRFIELD, VA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD99LA026
- **Event ID:** 20001204X00065
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-01-05
- **Location:** FAIRFIELD, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.880485, -79.300041
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-30
- **Registration:** N3TH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The owner's failure to comply with the Airworthiness Directive and the subsequent fuel system filter blockage by ice leading to fuel starvation and power loss of the right engine.  Additionally, the pilot's improper selection of the left auxiliary fuel tank position and the subsequent fuel starvation and power loss of the left engine.  Contributing factors were low temperature (below freezing) conditions and the pilot's failure to follow procedures delineated in the Owner's Handbook.

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