# Accident 20100626037839A: Piper PA-28-236, Moreno Valley, CA, June 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2010, 07:25 local time
- Place: Moreno Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9389° N, 117.2244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9389&lon=-117.2244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8118A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8118A-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100626037839A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED IFP (BULLHEAD CITY, AZ) ENROUTE AJO (CORONA, CA), ENCOUNTERED NAVIGATIONAL ERROR RESULTING IN UNPLANNED ADDITIONAL TIME ENROUTE AND FUEL BURN. WEATHER AT DESTINATION WAS NOT VFR, DIVERTED TO BANNING, MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN MORENO VALLEY, CA DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 WPR10CA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA348), Jun 26, 2010: Piper PA-28-236 (N8118A), Moreno Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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