# Incident 19990302013079I: Piper PA28181, New Cuyama, CA, March 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1999, 14:48 local time
- Place: New Cuyama, CA
- Airport: New Cuyama Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9402° N, 119.6861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CUYAMA (L88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9402&lon=-119.6861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6911P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6911P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 200 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990302013079I

## Narrative

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

MR. BEN MICHAEL ROSS, A PRIVATE PILOT, ACTING AS A PILOT IN COMMAND OF A PIPER PA-28-181 AIRCRAFT, N6911P, WAS ENROUTE FROM MORROW BAY, CA. TO BURBANK, CA. ON 03-02-99. APPROXIMATELY 7 TO 8 MILES SE OF THE FELLOWS VORTAC ON THE 120 DEGREE RADIAL, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED. MR. ROSS HAD BEEN TIMING FUEL USAGE FROM THE LEFT TANK AND IT RAN DRY FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE EXPECTED. MR. ROSS SWITCHED TANKS AND WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART THE ENGINE. HE THEN SQUAWKED THE 7700 EMERGENCY CODE ON HIS TRANSPONDER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON RADIO FREQUENCY 121.5. THE MEADOWS FIELD TOWER, BAKERSFIELD (BFL), INTERCEPTED THE CALL AND PROVIDED N6911P VECTORS TO THE NEW CUYAMA AIRPORT. THE BFL TOWER PERSONNEL THEN CALLED THE SANTA BARBARA FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO PROVIDED GROUND SUPPORT AT THE NEW CUYAMA AIRPORT. MR. ROSS WAS ABLE TO GET HIS AIRCRAFT RESTARTED IN THE AIR AND LANDED SAFELY AT THE NEW CUYAMA AIRPORT  WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N6911P (1)

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

- [Accident 19950624015629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950624015629A), Jun 24, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N6911P), Bermuda Dunes, CA, Substantial damage. Wing struck a fence post while taxiing to park. Accident not reported. Discovered by FAA ASI.

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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