# Accident 19790514013189A: Piper PA28181, Napa, CA, May 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1979, 07:54 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6505C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6505C-1990-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 49 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790514013189A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 OAK79DVG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG38), May 14, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N6505C), Napa, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6505C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870417010059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417010059A), Apr 17, 1987: Piper PA28181 (N6505C), Florida City, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Impacted swamp at night during solo student crosscountry. Pilot was intoxicated. Student permit not processed.

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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