# Accident 20021019028599A: Piper PA28235, Van Nuys, CA, October 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2002, 10:25 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2097° N, 118.4900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2097&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9483W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9483W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021019028599A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 19, 2002, ABOUT 1025 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-235, N9483W, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING A FORCED LANDED NEAR VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY SHANE MASONRY & CONCRETE INC. UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED VAN NUYS AIRPORT ABOUT 1025 EN ROUTE TO BRACKETT FIELD, LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, THE AIRPLANE LOST ENGINE POWER AND EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN THE FLOOD BASIN 1 MILE SOUTH OF VAN NUYS AIRPORT. (-23) ON 10/19/02 N9483 A PIPER PA-28-235 DEPARTED VAN NUYS AIRPORT ON A CFR 14 PART 91 FLIGHT. DURING CLIMB OUT N9483W EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT CONTACTED VAN NUYS TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, THEN TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT SHOT A LANDING INTO THE DAM BASIN SOUTH OF THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT ALONGSIDE A MODEL AIRPLANE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND PASSENG                                                                     ER WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX03LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA012), Oct 19, 2002: Piper PA-28-235 (N9483W), Van Nuys, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's mismanagement of the fuel system and failure to select a tank containing fuel.

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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