# Incident 19871208078979I: Cessna 182A, Camarillo, CA, December 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1987, 14:00 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2218° N, 119.0322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Camarillo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2218&lon=-119.0322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3977D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3977D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871208078979I

## Narrative

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

STEEP DESCENT WITH LOW FUEL CAUSED ENGINE TO QUIT. LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD NEXT TO AIRPORT. FUEL PORTING PROBLEM.

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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