# Incident 19800118089659I: Piper PA28181, Oceanside, CA, January 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1980, 15:55 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47885, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47885) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 7 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/19800118089659I

## Narrative

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

AFTER ENGINE STOPPED IN FLIGHT. PILOT SELECTED OFF POSITION IN ATTEMPT TO SWITCH TANKS.

## Other reports on N47885 (1)

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

- [Incident 19981008036599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981008036599I), Oct 8, 1998: Piper PA28181 (N47885), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Mr. Gage was on a local solo flight and returning to Montgomery field (myf). After landing long runway 28R, the tower asked me. Gage to expedite his taxi clear…

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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