# Accident 20000710009539A: Piper PA28180, Santa Maria, CA, July 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2000, 13:45 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Public
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8207° N, 120.4099° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8207&lon=-120.4099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4209T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4209T-2004-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000710009539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/10/2000 FAA, WP-01, VNY FSDO, CA, WAS INFORMED THAT AIRCRAFT PA-28-180, N4209T WITH 3 PAX ABOARD, HAD AN ACCIDENT AT 600 EAST INGER, SMX AT ABOUT 1340 WP LOCAL TIME. MR. DON WARNER WAS IN CONTACT WITH SMXP, AND NTSB. THE PILOT MR. JOHN ARBELAITZ, PPL NUMBER 569476853 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM RENO, NV. HE HAD 3 PAX. LANDED AT CONCORD, CA. THE PILOT DID NOT TAKE FUEL AT CONCORD, CA. HE DEPARTED CONCORD. HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHORT OF FUEL, AND CONTACTED SMX CONTROL TOWER FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. THE FUEL WAS VERY LOW, AND THE PILOT TRIED TO LAND AT A FIELD, BUT THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT A TREE AND CRASHED ON EAST INGER AND STOPPED AT 600 EAST INGER. NTSB GAVE PERMISSION TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO SYZ AIRPORT. I WENT TO SMX ACCIDENT SCENE AND SYZ AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES ONLY MINOR INJURY TO 1 PAX. THE YARD WALL AND THE TREE HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX00LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA259), Jul 10, 2000: Piper PA-28-180 (N4209T), Santa Maria, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that an adequate fuel supply was on board at last departure, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane…

## Other reports on N4209T (1)

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

- [Incident 19900914049469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900914049469I), Sep 14, 1990: Piper PA28180 (N4209T), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Minor damage. Wind lifted wing. Tried go around, aircraft did not respond. Landed hard. Veered off runway. Density altitude factor

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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