# Incident 19790604014179I: Piper PA28140, Mecca, CA, June 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1979, 21:00 local time
- Place: Mecca, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5765° N, 116.0647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mecca, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5765&lon=-116.0647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1485T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1485T-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 14 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790604014179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT COULD NOT LAND AT DESTINATION DUE TO LOW OVERCAST, CONTINUED ON AND RAN OUT OF FUEL. LANDED IN SALTON SEA

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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