# Accident 19770312008889A: Piper PA31, Oakland, CA, March 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1977
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Oakland International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6616L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6616L-1977-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,642 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770312008889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT ENG BOOST PUMP WRITTEN UP AS INOP. LEFT FUEL GAGE SHOWED 1/2, RIGHT SHOWED EMPTY, X-FEED ON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK77FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA025), Mar 12, 1977: Piper PA-31 (N6616L), Oakland, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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