# Accident 20090328004709A: Piper PA28235, San Carlos, CA, March 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2009, 10:50 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5139° N, 122.2431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5139&lon=-122.2431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9249W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9249W-2009-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 799 total, 280 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090328004709A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MARCH 28, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1050 HOURS LOCAL TIME, N9249W, A PIPER PA-28-235 DEPARTED SAN CARLOS AIRPORT (SQL) ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 12 AND AFTER CLIMBING TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 TO 150 FEET, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE POLOT STATED THAT HE WANTED TO AVOID THE WATER AND LANDED IN THE SLOUGH APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR09LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA169), Mar 28, 2009: Piper PA-28-235 (N9249W), San Carlos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during the initial climb for undetermined reasons.

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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