# NTSB Accident SEA98LA068
> **Piper PA-28-160** · 1998-05-01 · MONROE, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA98LA068
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10189
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-05-01
- **Location:** MONROE, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.869655, -121.880256
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-160
- **Registration:** N5157W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Fuel starvation due to the flight instructor's improper in-flight decision to simulate an engine failure by pulling the mixture control toward the lean position until the engine shut down, and his failure to return the mixture to the rich position until after the aircraft had reached a low altitude and the propeller had stopped turning. Factors include the rough/uneven terrain within the construction area in which the aircraft was landed.

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