# NTSB Accident CEN12FA586
> **PIPER PA-23-150** · 2012-08-29 · Canton, MO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN12FA586
- **Event ID:** 20120830X73434
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-08-29
- **Location:** Canton, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.095832, -91.553337
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-23-150
- **Registration:** N1486P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to attempt to execute a forced landing to an open field with obstacles. Contributing to the accident was the left engine’s total loss of power due to fuel starvation as a result of the introduction of air into the fuel system through a gascolator seal breach and the pilot’s use of an improper substance on the left wing gascolator bowl during maintenance operations, which led to the gascolator seal breach.

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