# Incident 19860901062109I: Piper PA28181, Blythe, CA, September 1, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1986, 11:50 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6192° N, 114.7169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHE (BLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6192&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3004U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3004U-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 20 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901062109I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20050520010599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050520010599A), May 20, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Avalon, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported engine problem to avx tower, requested straight in to rwy 22. Tower manager saw aircraft turning and weaving back and forth on approach,…
- [Accident 19990816012309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816012309A), Aug 16, 1999: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. Acft reported fuel emergency prior to forced landing in a tomato field 1 mile n of Sacramento int'l airpor. 1 serious, 2 minor injuries. (-23)aircraft departed…
- [Incident 19961231043489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961231043489I), Dec 31, 1996: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: at approximately 1625 on 12-31-96, while landing at Long Beach airport, aircraft N3004U swerved off the pavement and struck a taxiway sign. The…
- [Incident 19890827045479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890827045479I), Aug 27, 1989: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed on rollout. Bolt attaching right gear to wing missing and holes were elongated.

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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