At 12:01 Pacific time, a Piper PA-28-140 was damaged while landing in a field after losing engine power five miles east of Livermore Municipal Airport. The CFI was seriously injured and the pilot-rated student was not injured. The student said he was shooting approaches into Livermore and, while on the ILS Runway 25R approach, he intended to switch from the right tank to the left tank, but moved the fuel selector handle to the off position. When he and the CFI attempted to move the fuel selector handle back to the left tank, it jammed.
Nov. 4, Livermore, Calif. / Piper Cherokee
At 12:01 Pacific time, a Piper PA-28-140 was damaged while landing in a field after losing engine power five miles east of Livermore Municipal Airport. The CFI was seriously injured and the pilot-rated student was not injured. The student said he was shooting approaches into Livermore and, while on the ILS Runway 25R approach, he intended to switch from the right tank to the left tank, but moved the fuel selector handle to the off position. When he and the CFI attempted to move the fuel selector handle back to the left tank, it jammed....
Key Takeaways:
- A Piper PA-28-140 was damaged during an emergency landing in a field five miles east of Livermore Municipal Airport after losing engine power.
- The engine power loss occurred when a pilot-rated student mistakenly moved the fuel selector to the 'off' position instead of switching tanks, and subsequent attempts to restore fuel were hampered by a jammed selector handle.
- The Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) was seriously injured in the incident, while the pilot-rated student was uninjured.
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