# Accident 20130727014529A: Piper PA-18-135, Quilcene, WA, July 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2013, 17:33 local time
- Place: Quilcene, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8389° N, 122.8589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8389&lon=-122.8589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37JR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37JR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA344) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130727014529A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT LOCATED IN PORT TOWNSEND, WA.,  ENROUTE TO NEWHALEM, WA., FOR LUNCH. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED NEWHALEM BACK TO THE PILOTS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATE AT OLD EAGLE MOUNT ROAD, PORT TOWNSEND, WA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED IN QUILCENE, WA., DUE TO BEING LOW ON FUEL. THE AIRCARFT LANDED LONG AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 WPR13CA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA344), Jul 28, 2013: Piper PA-18-135 (N37JR), Quilcene, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's inadequate planning and mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in 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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