# Incident 19990411020639I: Piper PA24250, Long Beach, CA, April 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1999, 18:55 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7579P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7579P-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 total, 977 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411020639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN IMC CONDITIONS AT 11,000 FEET, -10 DEGREE C, IN MODERATE RAIN, EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND TURNED ON HIS FUEL BOOST PUMPS. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATIONS OF ANY FUEL PRESSURE ON THE FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE AND HE KEPT THE ENGINE WIND MILLING ON THE WAY DOWN. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ELECTED TO LAND AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT AS THIS AIRPORT HAD A HIGHER CEILING AND VISIBILITY. THE PILOT BROKE OUT OF THE OVERCAST AND DETERMINED, BECAUSE OF HIS ALTITUDE AND ISTANCE, THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON A CITY STREET. NO INJURIES, AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY WERE SUFFERED. LATER INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM INDICATED THAT HE HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL ON BOARD FOR HIS FLIGHT. ENGINE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RUN AT FULL POWER ON EACH FUEL CELL WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED. A TEAR DOWN OF THE FUEL SYSTEM DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO BLOCKAGE AND THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N7579P (2)

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

- [Incident 20070301007249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070301007249I), Mar 1, 2007: Piper PA24250 (N7579P), Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 01, 2007, the owner of N7579P, a Piper PA-24-250, in a statement from the pilot, was attempting to start the aircraft to do some pattern work.…
- [Accident 19780125003589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780125003589A), Jan 25, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N7579P), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage

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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