# NTSB Accident SEA00LA098
> **Piper PA-20** · 2000-06-04 · QUINAULT, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA00LA098
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21329
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-06-04
- **Location:** QUINAULT, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.440181, -123.770095
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-20
- **Registration:** N7737K
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Fuel starvation due to the pilot's failure to position the fuel selector valve to the proper/correct position while switching fuel tanks. Factors include unreliable fuel selector valve position detents, having no suitable terrain in which to execute a forced landing, and a high rate of descent at the moment the aircraft touched down.

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