# Incident 19970514017809I: Piper PA28R201T, Almeda, CA, May 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1997, 18:12 local time
- Place: Almeda, CA
- Airport: Almeda Nas/Nimitz Field/Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N679X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N679X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 795 total, 629 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970514017809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON 05-14-97 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL, PIPER N679X, FLOWN BY ROGER V. WELLING, LOST POWER IN LEVEL FLIGHT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM APC TO SQL. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE CERTIFICATE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE OVER OAKLAND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. THE SMELL OF GAS WAS DETECTED IN THE CABIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE OAK HE DIVERTED TO MAKE A LANDING AT ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION, RUNWAY 25, WHICH HAD BEEN CLOSED. A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED BY AN OAKLAND P.D. HELICOPTER UNIT. INVESTIGATION RESULTS: IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FUEL WAS AVAILABLE IN BOTH WING TANKS, THROUGH THE BOOST PUMP, TO THE MECHANICAL FUEL PUMP, AND UP TO THE TEE CONNECTOR WHERE THE FUEL LINE ENTERS THE AIR THROTTLE AND METERING ASSEMBLY. WHEN THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE FITTING IT BROKE. THE FITTING EXHIBITED SIGNS OF A RECENT BREAK AND OF AN OLDER BREAK COVERING UP TO 190 DEGREES OF THE BREAK SURFACE. THE AREA EXHIBITS A BLACKENED APPEARANCE FROM A DEPOSIT. THE OLD FITTING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED BY THE MECHANIC. A TEST RUN WAS CONDUCTED WITH NO LEAKAGE OR OTHER ANOMALIES NOTED. A FORM 8010-4 WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE FITTING . NEGATIVE PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N679X (4)

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

- [Accident 20200331004619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200331004619A), Mar 31, 2020: Piper PA-28R-201T (N679X), Bermuda Dunes, CA, Substantial damage. N679X was taxing on taxiway 10 at kudd when the pilot stated he stated that N679X veered hard left and collided with a truck that was on the taxiway. Left wing…
- [Incident 19981016039459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981016039459I), Oct 16, 1998: Piper PA28R201T (N679X), Needles, CA. (-5)Pilot roger welling experienced a sudden 5 PSI engine manifold pressure drop while at cruise speed/altitude. Ground inspection revealed a cracked cylinder…
- [Incident 19841111066779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841111066779I), Nov 11, 1984: Piper PA28R201T (N679X), Jackson, WY, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gears landed gear up.
- [Incident 19811026083619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811026083619I), Oct 26, 1981: Piper PA28R201T (N679X), Logan, UT, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on takeoff roll. Pilot aware of gear problem. No corrective action or sign off.

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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