# Accident 20050917020929A: Piper PA28181, Petaluma, CA, September 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2005, 17:14 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103X-2013-08-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 100 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050917020929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL, AND FORCED LANDED WITH THE ENGINE NOT OPERATING AT THE PETALUMA AIRPORT, PETALUMA, CA. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, THRU A FENCE AND CAME TO REST ON A GOLF COURSE. THE RIGHT WING WAS TORN OFF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.

## 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 LAX05CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA301), Sep 17, 2005: Piper PA 28-181 (N8103X), Petaluma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N8103X (1)

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

- [Incident 19821029063119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821029063119I), Oct 29, 1982: Piper PA28181 (N8103X), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Unable to stop on runway. Failed to go around. Ran off end of runway. Struck runway sign.

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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