# Accident 19930502011359A: Dorner DO28A1, Paradise, CA, May 2, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1993, 12:50 local time
- Place: Paradise, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7542° N, 121.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paradise, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7542&lon=-121.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12828, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier DO28 A-1 (registry code 2990102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-do28-a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO28A1
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,570 total, 54 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930502011359A

## Narrative

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

RAN MAIN TANKS DRY. WAITED TOO LONG TO SWITCH TO AUX TANKS. UNABLE RESTART. STRUCK TREES ON FORCED LANDING.

## 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 LAX93LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA196), May 2, 1993: Dornier DO-28 (N12828), Paradise, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE POOR IN FLIGHT FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS BY THE PILOT AND THE PILOT'S IN FLIGHT DECISION NOT TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS WHICH CAUSED THE TOTAL FAILURE OF BOTH OF THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINES. FACTORS…

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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