# Incident 20010224004269I: Piper J3F65, Vancouver, WA, February 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2001, 13:45 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Evergreen Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6200° N, 122.5300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Evergreen Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6200&lon=-122.5300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29042, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29042) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3F-65 (registry code 7100536, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3f-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176B series (registry code 27006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3F65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010224004269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DAT^ DEPARTED EVERGREEN FIELD WITH FULL FUEL. HE BELIEVED HE HAD 2.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, INCLUDING HIS 30 MINUTE RESERVE. HE PLANNED TO FLY TO SHERIDAN FIELD, THEN TO CORNELIUS SKYPORT, WHERE HE INTENDED TO REFUEL. HE ESTIMATED HIS FLIGHT TIME FROM EVERGREEN TO SHERIDAN TO BE 1 HOUR AND THE FLIGHT TIME TO CORNELIUS SKYPORT TO BE 45 MINUTES. THE RUNWAY AT CORNELIUS SKYPORT WAS CLOSED AND ^PRIVACY DAT^, BELIEVING HE HAD 45 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING, OPTED TO RETURN TO EVERGREEN FIELD WITHOUT REFUELING. ^PRIVACY DAT^ RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROX. 5 MINUTES NW OF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED THE A/C WITHOUT INCIDENT IN A FIELD IN CLARK COUNTY, WA. THE A/C SUFFERED NO DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N29042 (3)

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

- [Accident 20160626009969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160626009969A), Jun 26, 2016: Piper J3F-65 (N29042), Strasburg, CO, Substantial damage. On 06/26/2016 at approximately 19:52H MDT, N29042, a Piper J3F-65 aircraft sustained substantial damage after settling in a wheat field approximately 10 miles…
- [Accident 20010521010059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521010059A), May 21, 2001: Piper J3F65 (N29042), Brush Prairie, WA, No damage. (.19)On may 21, 2001, about 1430 pacific daylight time, a Piper J3F-65 airplane, N29042, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose-over at a private…
- [Incident 19940221007579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940221007579I), Feb 21, 1994: Piper J3F65 (N29042), Medina, OH, Minor damage. Engine quit infllight. Forced landing in field. Suspect ignition switch failure.

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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