# Accident 19990816012309A: Piper PA28181, Sacramento, CA, August 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1999, 20:24 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5269° N, 121.4888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5269&lon=-121.4888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3004U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3004U-2017-05-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816012309A

## Narrative

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

ACFT REPORTED FUEL EMERGENCY PRIOR TO FORCED LANDING IN A TOMATO FIELD 1 MILE N OF SACRAMENTO INT'L AIRPOR. 1 SERIOUS, 2 MINOR INJURIES. (-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PORTLAND, OREGON ENROUTE TO LONGBEACH, CALIFORNIA WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES OUT OF SACRAMENTO, AT THAT ITME PILOT SWITCHED FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT TANK AND ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT.  APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM SACRAMENTO THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX99LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA268), Aug 17, 1999: Piper PA-28-181 (N3004U), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to ensure that sufficient fuel was on board to complete the flight, and, the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

## Other reports on N3004U (4)

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

- [Accident 20050520010599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050520010599A), May 20, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Avalon, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported engine problem to avx tower, requested straight in to rwy 22. Tower manager saw aircraft turning and weaving back and forth on approach,…
- [Incident 19961231043489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961231043489I), Dec 31, 1996: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: at approximately 1625 on 12-31-96, while landing at Long Beach airport, aircraft N3004U swerved off the pavement and struck a taxiway sign. The…
- [Incident 19890827045479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890827045479I), Aug 27, 1989: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed on rollout. Bolt attaching right gear to wing missing and holes were elongated.
- [Incident 19860901062109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901062109I), Sep 1, 1986: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Blythe, CA, Minor damage. Fuel exhausted and pilot did not think to change tanks after engine quit.

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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