# Incident 20091001021549I: Piper PA24, Santa Maria, CA, October 1, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2009, 10:31 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8999° N, 120.4581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MARIA PUB/CAPT G ALLAN HANCOCK FLD (SMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8999&lon=-120.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9430P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9430P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,700 total, 50 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091001021549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISMANAGED FUEL, AS THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL IN THE OTHER MAIN TANK.

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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