Accident: Piper PA-23-250
Apr 5, 2021 · Springfield, TN
NTSB numberERA21LA173Event id20210405102871
- 0
- Fatalities
- 2
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
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.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23-250
- Registration
- N5018Y
- Year built
- 1963
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Takeoff Fuel related
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