# Incident 19970111002729I: Piper PA28181, Lancaster, CA, January 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1997, 19:50 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From 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: N62147, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62147) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 120 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970111002729I

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL. GOT VECTORS TO WJF. LANDED SAFELY. STRONGER HEADWIND THAN EXPECTED. FAILED LAND PRIOR FUEL CRITICAL.

## Other reports on N62147 (1)

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

- [Incident 20200606007859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200606007859I), Jun 6, 2020: Piper PA-28-181 (N62147), Nebo, NC, Minor damage. On June 6, 2020 at approximately 1415Z, a Piper archer ii, PA-28-181 single engine aircraft, N62147 departed on a VFR flight from the foothills region (kmrn)…

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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