# Incident 20120722016129I: Piper PA-28R-180, Escondido, CA, July 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2012, 23:30 local time
- Place: Escondido, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1192° N, 117.0864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escondido, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1192&lon=-117.0864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4906J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4906J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-B1E
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120722016129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM MAMMOTH LAKES. FLIGHT TO MAMMOTH TOOK 2.7 HR. PILOT HAD FUEL TANKS TOPPED IN MAMMOTH. TOOK 26 GAL. (VERIFIED BY FBO AT MMH) PLANE HAS 48 GAL USABLE FUEL.  PILOT PLANNED FUEL FOR 3.25 HR RETURN FLIGHT: APPROX 33-35 GAL TOTAL.  TIME ENROUTE WHEN FUEL RAN OUT ABOUT 3.7 HR.  PILOT SAID RIGHT TANK RAN EMPTY NORTH OF OCEANSIDE VOR. HE SWITCHED TO LEFT TANK. HE WAS ON TOP OF OVERCAST AND REQUESTED ILS APPROACH TO PALOMAR (CRQ). HE DID NOT ADVISE ATC OF FUEL SITUATION. LEFT TANK WAS INDICATING ABOUT 1/8 TANK WHEN ENGINE QUIT OVER ESCONDIDO. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR IN THAT AREA AND PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING ON I-15 FREEWAY: APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES EAST OF CRQ, IN VMC CONDITIONS. PILOT WAS ABLE TO ROLL PLANE ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER OF FREEWAY. LEFT WING WAS PROTRUDING ABOUT 3-4 FT. INTO FAR RIGHT LANE. A PASSING PICKUP TRUCK STRUCK THE LEFT WINGTIP AS PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE EXITING THE PLANE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4906J (1)

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

- [Incident 19940118001799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940118001799I), Jan 18, 1994: Piper PA28180 (N4906J), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was in the traffic pattern at new smyran Beach airport practicing touch and go landings and stated the landing gear failed to come down.…

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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