# Accident 19790425013519A: Piper PA36285, Mesa, WA, April 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, WA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 46.5735° N, 119.0013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5735&lon=-119.0013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9901P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9901P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,073 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYP23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYP23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790425013519A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED DUE FUEL STARVATION. FACTORS UNRELIABLE FUEL INDICATOR AND PILOT'S FAILURE TO STICK FUEL.

## 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 SEA79DYP23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYP23), Apr 25, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N9901P), Mesa, WA, substantial damage

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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