NONE · PIPER PA-28R-200 · 2023-03-02 · Slaughters, KY, USA
Event
NTSB number
ERA23LA144
Event ID
20230308106850
Type
Accident
Date
2023-03-02
Location
Slaughters, KY, USA
Coordinates
37.490436, -87.517488
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
1
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
PIPER
Model
PA-28R-200
Registration
N9420N
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
Maintenance personnel’s failure to secure the fuel strainer bowl with safety wire, which resulted in the fuel strainer bowl leaking and starving the engine of fuel. Also causal was the obstruction of two fuel injector nozzles.