# Incident 20040206003879I: Piper PA28181, Sacramento, CA, February 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Executive Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5129° N, 121.4933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO EXEC (SAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5129&lon=-121.4933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3054M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3054M) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 431 total, 428 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040206003879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT, NEVADA, ENROUTE TO SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA. DUE TO ATC ROUTING CHANGE INFLIGHT AND STRONG HEADWIND, THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AND REFUEL HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL ON LANDING. THERE WAS NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT NOR ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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