# Incident 19950227004959I: Piper PA28181, Glendale, CA, February 27, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1995, 11:45 local time
- Place: Glendale, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1814° N, 118.2458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glendale, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1814&lon=-118.2458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2238B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2238B-2009-09-04) (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: 2,700 total, 900 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950227004959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ENROUTE, IFR, FROM SBA TO EMT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE. A FORCED LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO IMPROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT. THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED NO FUEL WHILE THE LEFT TANK CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT. THE RIGHT TANK WAS SELECTED WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT SELECT THE LEFT TANK AFTER THE POWER LOSS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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