# Accident 20090904016729A: Piper PA28180, Oroville, CA, September 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2009, 10:45 local time
- Place: Oroville, CA
- Airport: Oroville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4878° N, 121.6219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4878&lon=-121.6219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2482R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2482R-2010-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 400 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA431) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090904016729A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT N2482R DEPARTED OROVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OVE) AT APPROXIMATELY 1045, 9/4/2009.  DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB AT APPROXIMATELY 100-200 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT EXECUTED A 180 DEGREE TURN TOWARDS THE RUNWAY AND MADE A FORCED LANDING ON THE DIRT AREA ADJACENT THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BIRM AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR09LA431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA431), Sep 4, 2009: Piper PA-28-180 (N2482R), Oroville, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power 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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