19860901062109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Blythe, CA · September 1, 1986

Date
September 1, 1986 · 11:50 local
Place
Blythe, CA
Airport
Blythe
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3004U
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total20 in this make and model9 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.

Fuel exhausted and pilot did not think to change tanks after engine quit.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTED AND PILOT DID NOT THINK TO CHANGE TANKS AFTER ENGINE QUIT.

Other reports on N3004U · 4

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