# NTSB Accident LAX93FA282
> **PIPER PA-34-200** · 1993-07-08 · LA VERNE, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX93FA282
- **Event ID:** 20001211X12933
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1993-07-08
- **Location:** LA VERNE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.150836, -117.759269
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-34-200
- **Registration:** N1392T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN BEST THE SINGLE-ENGINE RATE-OF-CLIMB AIRSPEED, AND HIS FAILURE TO ENSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED.  A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL SYSTEM, WHICH BLOCKED FUEL FLOW THROUGH THE FLOW DIVIDER AND RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION TO ONE ENGINE.

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