# Accident 20070709014209A: Piper PA12, Mukilteo, WA, July 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2007, 06:45 local time
- Place: Mukilteo, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9278° N, 122.2906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9278&lon=-122.2906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3964M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3964M-2009-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 380 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709014209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROXIMATELY 06:45 PST AIRCRAFT N3964M WENT DOWN IN TREES ABOUT 3000FT NW OF PAE PAINE FIELD EVERETT WASHINGTON. PILOT LEFT STUART ISLAND WASHINGTON, (7WA5) ABOUT 40 MINUTES BEFORE. BEFORE LEAVING PILOT SAID THAT HE KEEPS A FUEL LOG, CHECKED THIS LOG AND CHECKED FUEL GAUGES IN AIRCRAFT AND ASSUMED THT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO REACH PAE. AT 06:37 PILOT RADIOED CTAF FOR PAE AND REPORTED POSITION AT CLINTON FERRY DOCK, ON RT BASE TO LAND 16R. JUST AFTER THIS, THE ENGINE QUIT, PILOT RESTARTED, ENGINE QUIT AGAIN, THIS TIME WOULD NOT START AGAIN. PILOT THEN WENT DOWN INTO TREES TRYING TO MISS AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON LT SIDE. LEFT WING PULLED OVER FUSELAGE BUT STAYED ATTACHED. LEFT WHEEL REMOVED AND WAS FOUND ABOUT 30FT NORTH EAST OF AIRCRAFT. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN EITHER TANK.

## 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 LAX07CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA211), Jul 9, 2007: Piper PA-12 (N3964M), Mukilteo, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion resulting from the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and failure to refuel the airplane, either before departure or at any of the alternate airports en route.

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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