# NTSB Accident FTW91FA025
> **PIPER PA28-181** · 1990-12-16 · OLLA, LA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW91FA025
- **Event ID:** 20001212X24757
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1990-12-16
- **Location:** OLLA, LA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 31.889827, -92.229347
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA28-181
- **Registration:** N8460Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

THE COLLAPSED CARBURETOR FLOAT AND RESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF THE FUEL METERING NEEDLE. FACTORS WERE THE DARKNIGHT, THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN, AND THE OPERATOR'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FAILURE TO INSPECT (REPAIR) THE ENGINE.

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