# Incident 19951011046429I: Piper PA30, Lancaster, CA, October 11, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1995, 16:47 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7880Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7880Y-2014-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 15 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951011046429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N7880Y HAD DEPARTED CORONA AIRPORT IN CORONA, CA EARLIER IN THE DAY ON A FLIGHT TO HESPERIA, CA, FRESNO, CA AND RETURN TO CORONA, CA THE SAME DAY. A/C WAS TOPPED WITH FUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTING CORONA, BUT NO FUEL WAS ADDED DURING THE FLIGHT. ON THE LEG FROM FRESNO TO CORONA WHILE AT 9500 FEET OVER LANCASTER, CA THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT FOX FIELD BUT DURING THE DESCENT THE OTHER ENGINE QUIT AND HE LANDED ONE MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE FUEL SYSTEM ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS DIRTY. AT THE SCENE INVESTIGATORS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT INBOARD TANK. ALL THREE OTHER TANKS WERE FOUND DRY. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF FUEL LEAKAGE AT THE SCENE. THE PILOT STATED THAT WITH FULL FUEL DEPARTING CORONA AIRPORT THAT MORNING HE CALCULATED HE HAD 5 HOURS OF FUEL ON BOARD. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT HE HAD ACCUMULATED 31/2 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME AND HE CLAIMED THAT BOTH FUEL GAUGES WERE READING 1/4 TO 1/3 IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INBOARD TANKS WHICH ARE THE MAIN TANKS. BOTH FUEL SELECTORS WERE SET ON THEIR RESPECTIVE MAIN TANK. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED AND THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7880Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140421008799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140421008799A), Apr 21, 2014: Piper PA-30 (N7880Y), Fort Mohave, AZ, Substantial damage. On 04/21/14 at approximately 2045 hours, a Piper PA-30 twin commanche airplane impacted terrain approximately one half mile north of the sun valley airport…
- [Incident 20001111022079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001111022079I), Nov 11, 2000: Piper PA30 (N7880Y), Corona, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Attached narrative sheet

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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