# Accident 19800329008109A: Piper PA38112, Navarro, CA, March 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1980, 16:45 local time
- Place: Navarro, CA
- Airport: Mendicino Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1518° N, 123.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Navarro, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1518&lon=-123.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2486N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 29 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVD18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800329008109A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON FINAL LEG OF CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. STRUCK FENCE TRYING TO LAND IN A FARM FIELD.

## 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 LAX80FVD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVD18), Mar 29, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N2486N), Navarro, CA, 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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