# Incident 20091022022239I: Piper PA28181, San Jose, CA, October 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2009, 13:05 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3015U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3015U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 932 total, 655 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022022239I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATES HE AND THREE PASSENGERS LEFT SAN DIEGO, CA FOR OAKLAND, CA.  HE SAYS THAT AFTER A WEIGHT AND BALANCE CHECK A FUEL STOP WAS NEEDED IN SANTA BARBARA, CA.  A RECORD FROM ATLANTIC AVIATION AT SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT ON 10/22/09 SHOWS THAT 10 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS PURCHASED FOR N3015U.  HE SAYS THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED IN THE BAY AREA HE REALIZED HE WAS GETTING LOW ON FUEL AND ASKED NORCAL APPROACH FOR THE CLOSEST AIRPORT TO LAND.  THE DAILY REPORT STATES HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF LOW FUEL AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT SAN JOSE, CA AND REPORTED HE RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING LANDING ROLL.

## Other reports on N3015U (1)

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

- [Incident 19920826054159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920826054159I), Aug 26, 1992: Piper PA28181 (N3015U), Chowchilla, CA, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion on crosscountry. Forced landing. Did not understand how to turn on airport lights.

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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