NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC89LA019
Registry · N8PX
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-39
Year of manufacture
1972 · 16 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19800529
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AADE86
Registrant of record
FLY CASUAL LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PILOT HAD JUST CLIMBED TO 2500 FEET WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER. WHEN HE PLACED THE FUEL SELECTOR IN CROSSFEED, BOTH ENGINES QUIT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD LEADING TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, WINGS, AND TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. A POST CRASH INSPECTION OF FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED NO FUEL IN THE TANKS OR THE FUEL METERING UNITS FOR EITHER ENGINE. THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCD THAT THE LAST TIME HE REFUELED THE ACFT WAS SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE AND THAT IT HAD BEEN FLOWN SEVERAL TIMES SINCE ITS LAST REFUELING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1988_NYC89LA019.txt.
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- NASA NTRS 2024 · Conference Paper
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- NASA NTRS 2024 · Presentation
Al6061-RAM2 Development and Hot-Fire Testing using Additive Manufacturing Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition for Liquid Rocket Engine Channel-Cooled Nozzles
Aluminum 6061-RAM2 is a high-strength aluminum feedstock developed for additive manufacturing (AM)processes. This alloy leverages Reactive Additive Manufacturing (RAM) technology.
- arXiv 2022 · arXiv preprint
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- NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports 2022 · Accident report
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
Fidelity assessment of a UH-60A simulation on the NASA Ames vertical motion simulator
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Other
Differential Pressures on a Pitot-venturi and a Pitot-static Nozzle over 360 Degrees Pitch and Yaw
Measurements of the differential pressures on two navy air-speed nozzles, consisting of a Zahm type Pitot-Venturi tube and a SQ-16 two-pronged Pitot-static tube, in a tunnel air stream of fixed speed …
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