# Accident 19990726009909A: Piper PA28180, Hayward, CA, July 26, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1999, 10:25 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Airport: Hayward Air Terminal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6695° N, 122.0797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6695&lon=-122.0797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5539W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5539W-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990726009909A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS ON 1 MILE FINAL APPROACH WHEN THE PILOT DECLARED A "MAYDAY" AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A MALL PARKING LOT, THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON LANDING. (-23) ON JULY 26, 1999, AT 1025 HOURS PDT, A PIPER PA-28-180, N5539W, LOST POWER AND MADE A FORCED LANDING AT HAYWARD, CA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, HOWEVER, THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT YUBA CITY, SUTTER COUNTY AIRPORT AT APPROX. 0800 PDT WITH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. PILOT MADE A SHORT (30-45 MINUTE) STOP AT CONCORD (CCR) AIRPORT. APPROX. ONE MILE FROM RWY 281, DURING A LEFT TURN FOR FINAL, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BUT COULD NOT GET AN ENGINE RESTART. PILOT CONTACTED TOWER AT HWD AND NOTIFIED THEM HE COULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT LANDED IN THE PARKING LOT OF SOUTHLAND MALL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA259), Jul 26, 1999: Piper PA-28-180 (N5539W), Hayward, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat to prevent the formation of carburetor ice while operating in IFR conditions which resulted in the loss of engine power.

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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