# Accident 20080607839899A: Piper PA38112, Hopi Reservati, AZ, June 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2008, 11:40 local time
- Place: Hopi Reservati, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8703° N, 110.6017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8703&lon=-110.6017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9276T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9276T-2008-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 308 total, 233 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080607839899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED U07 AT 1000 MST FOR A FLIGHT TO INW, FOR REFUELING ON HIS WAY TO CHD.  AT 1 HOUR 40 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AT 8500' AGL, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOOTH DESERT TERRAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE HOPI INDIAN RESERVATION, KYKOTSMOVI VILLAGE, NAVAJO ROUTE 2, MILE MARKER 43-1/2 49 MILES FROM INW.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ACCORDING TO THE PILOT.  THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES DURING THE LANDING.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT WHEN HE LEFT V07 HE HAD 14 GALLONS OF FUEL, ENOUGH IN HIS OPINION TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FLY TO INW FOR ADDITIONAL FUEL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERD BY AIR TRANSPORT AND BROUGH TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

## 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 LAX08CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA166), Jun 7, 2008: Piper PA-38-112 (N9276T), Kykotsmovi, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to ensure that adequate fuel was onboard to complete the flight.

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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