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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Clearlake, CA · July 2, 1983

Date
July 2, 1983 · 13:00 local
Place
Clearlake, CA
Airport
Pearce
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7593W
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83LA318
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
119 total18 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on VFR approach to airport from fuel exhaustion. Crash occurred during emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON VFR APPROACH TO AIRPORT FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.