# Accident 19910520016609A: Piper PA28161, San Jose, CA, May 20, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1991, 13:08 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9135T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9135T-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910520016609A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT,TURNED BACK BUT STRUCK A HANGAR ON FORCED LANDING. INDICATES RAN A TANK DRY. DID NOT SWITCH

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX91LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA221), May 20, 1991: Piper PA-28-161 (N9135T), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S IMPROPER USE OF THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND HIS FAILURE TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE THE CONDUCT OF THE FLIGHT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.