# Incident 19820617065699I: Piper PA24260, Thermal, CA, June 17, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1982, 18:51 local time
- Place: Thermal, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6262° N, 116.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thermal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6262&lon=-116.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8975P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8975P-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 130 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820617065699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUND FUEL DRAIN VALVE DEFECTIVE ALLOWING FUEL TO DRAIN IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N8975P (2)

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

- [Accident 19870826048339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870826048339A), Aug 26, 1987: Piper PA24260 (N8975P), Kanorado, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control of aircraft flying in adverse weather. Uncontrolled collision with the ground.
- [Accident 19730604014959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604014959A), Jun 4, 1973: Piper PA24260 (N8975P), Baltimore, MD, Substantial damage. Extdd gr un obtain safe gr light. Gr fittings and retract links encrusted with grease and dirt.

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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