WESTPORT, NY, USA
N9094W
PIPER PA-28-235
THE PIPER PA-28-235 MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING AT NIGHT IN CONDITIONS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY, WITH RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED NO PRE-EXISTING PROBLEMS. A MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE AIRFRAME NOTED THE AUXILIARY FUEL SELECTORS VALVES WOULD LEAK AIR INTO THE FUEL SYSTEM IF THE AUXULIARY TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE CAUSE OF THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS NOT DETERMINED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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