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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28181 · Novato, CA · March 28, 1984

Date
March 28, 1984 · 19:15 local
Place
Novato, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82858
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84LA233
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
247 total35 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Crash occurred during emergency landing in bay after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING IN BAY AFTER ENGINE QUIT FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION.

NTSB investigation

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