# Accident 20080710841869A: Piper PA18, Camarillo, CA, July 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2008, 14:43 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VWGJ
- Location: 34.2144° N, 119.0006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2144&lon=-119.0006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7471D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7471D-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3L-65 (registry code 7100546, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-145-B2 (registry code 42382, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-145-b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 324 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080710841869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) RIGHT FUEL TANK (36 GALLONS)WAS EXHAUSTED PRIOR TO SWITCHING TO LEFT TANK (18 GALLONS). PILOT DID NOT GET ENGINE RUNNING BY SWITCHING TANKS PRIOR TO PROPELLER STOPPING. A/C DOES NOT HAVE ELECTRIC STARTER. OFF-AIRPORT LANDING OCCURRED WITH A/C COMING TO REST ON ITS BACK. (NOTE: ON SITE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^).

## 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 LAX08CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA224), Jul 10, 2008: Piper PA-18A-150 (N7471D), Camarillo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N7471D (1)

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

- [Accident 20010330007949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010330007949A), Mar 30, 2001: Piper PA18A150 (N7471D), Niceville, FL, Destroyed. (.19)On March 30, 2001, at 0838 central standard time, a Piper PA-18, N7471D, collided with trees 200 yards east of the departure airport in Niceville,…

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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