# NTSB Accident LAX97LA324
> **Piper PA28R-180** · 1997-09-12 · RENO, NV, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA324
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08888
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-09-12
- **Location:** RENO, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.520065, -119.810745
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 4
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA28R-180
- **Registration:** N69645
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush. Factors in the accident were: the pilot's lack of qualification in the aircraft; the FAA pilot certification system's failure to transfer the medical limitations imposed on the pilot to his private pilot certificate; the pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning/decisions that caused the aircraft to arrive with a critically low fuel state, which resulted in a momentary loss of power due to an unporting of the fuel tank supply pickup at a critical time in the go-around; and, the maintenance facilities' failure to properly connect the landing gear indicator circuit breaker to the bus pane.

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