# Accident 20160508022359A: Piper PA-28, Pomona, CA, May 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2016, 16:35 local time
- Place: Pomona, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0601° N, 117.7905° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0601&lon=-117.7905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5046W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5046W-2017-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160508022359A

## Narrative

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

A PRIVATE PILOT WAS IN ROUTE FROM FULLERTON AIRPORT (FUL) TO BRACKETT FIELD (POC) UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR). THE PILOT CONTACTED POC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) INFORMING THEM HE WAS INBOUND FOR LANDING AND WAS ASSIGNED RUNWAY 26L.  APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE HALF MILES SOUTH WEST OF POC, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT.  THE PILOT CONTACTED POC ATCT AND INFORMED THEM THAT HE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE AND WAS GOING TO CIRCLE IN ORDER TO FIND A PLACE TO LAND. MOMENTS LATER THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE HAD RESTARTED. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATCT THE ENGINE HAD FAILED ONCE MORE AND HE WAS CHANGING FUEL TANKS PREPARING FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE PILOT LOCATED AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND PREPARED FOR AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN THE ADJACENT PARKING LOT. THE AIRCRAFT OVER SHOT THE PARKING LOT AND IMPACTED ON A ROOF TOP OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.  THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR16FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA103), May 8, 2016: Piper PA28 (N5046W), Pomona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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