# NTSB Accident ERA21LA173
> **PIPER PA-23-250** · 2021-04-05 · Springfield, TN, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA21LA173
- **Event ID:** 20210405102871
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2021-04-05
- **Location:** Springfield, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.536694, -86.921167
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-23-250
- **Registration:** N5018Y
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor’s failure to abort the takeoff following a loss of left engine power due to fuel starvation. Also causal was the inadequate maintenance of the left fuel cap by unknown maintenance personnel, which resulted in a blockage of the fuel supply from the left-wing tank. Contributing to the accident was the instructor’s failure to maintain airspeed above the one-engine-inoperative minimum controllable airspeed after deciding to continue the takeoff.

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