# Accident 20120904021479A: Piper PA-32-300, Lancaster, CA, September 4, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2012, 08:48 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: General Wm J Fox Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7458° N, 118.2200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7458&lon=-118.2200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N308DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 45 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA400) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120904021479A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/04/2012, 0848, N308DF, A PIPER PA-32-300, DURING TAKEOFF LOST POWER AND LANDED OFF THE EAST END OF FOX FIELD RUNWAY, LANCASTER, CA. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 WPR12CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA400), Sep 4, 2012: Piper PA-32-300 (N308DF), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadvertent selection of an empty fuel 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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