19790514013189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Napa, CA · May 14, 1979

Date
May 14, 1979 · 07:54 local
Place
Napa, CA
Airport
Napa
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6505C
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79DVG38
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
188 total49 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Pilot exhausted fuel on crosscountry and crashed 1 mile short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXHAUSTED FUEL ON CROSSCOUNTRY AND CRASHED 1 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N6505C · 1

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