# Incident 19990827025279I: Univar 1082, Twenty Nine Pal, CA, August 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1999, 16:25 local time
- Place: Twenty Nine Pal, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1356° N, 116.0542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twentynine Palms, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1356&lon=-116.0542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9816K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9816K-2013-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 530 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/19990827025279I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FRESNO, CA WITH FUEL TANKS FULL. FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR WAS OPERATING ERRATIC DURING FLIGHT. PILOT CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES NORTH OF TWENTY-NINE PALMS, CA. ONCE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND FUEL QUANTITY WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THAT SUFFICIENT FUEL REMAINED IN THE TANKS TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT TO NEEDLES CA. TAKEOFF AND TERMINATION OF FLIGHT AT NEEDLES, CA WAS UNEVENTFUL.

## Other reports on N9816K (1)

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

- [Accident 20040531012689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040531012689A), May 31, 2004: Univar 1082 (N9816K), Susanville, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Stinson 108-2, N9816K, took off from Spaulding Airport (1Q2) runway 16 and impacted a small tree located approximately 300 yards beyond the south end of…

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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