# Incident 20130404005209I: Piper PA-28-140, Sacramento, CA, April 4, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Mather
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5553° N, 121.2972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO MATHER (MHR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5553&lon=-121.2972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1652J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1652J-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130404005209I

## Narrative

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

NEW INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT PRACTICING ILS APPROACHES, CEILINGS 1000', VISIBILITIES 1/2 TO 2 MILES DECLARED EMERGENCY WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS ILS EQUIPMENT TO WORK PROPERLY.  RECEIVED VECTORS FROM ATC, USED VFR GPS FOR BACKUP, LANDED SAFELY AT MATHER (MHR).

## Other reports on N1652J (1)

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

- [Incident 19911008062199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911008062199I), Oct 8, 1991: Piper PA28140 (N1652J), Sanl Angelo, TX. Fuel exhaustion en route. Forced landing on highway.

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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