# Accident 20180917013769A: Piper PA-24-250, Upland, CA, September 17, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2018, 13:50 local time
- Place: Upland, CA
- Airport: Upland Cable
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1114° N, 117.6872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1114&lon=-117.6872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7472P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7472P-2021-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180917013769A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN AND ONE PASSENGER WERE RETURNING TO UPLAND CABLE AIRPORT (CCB) FROM RENO NEVADA. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE CROSSED THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11,500 FT MSL, SOUTHBOUND AND THEN REDUCED POWER TO IDLE. THE AIRMAN DID NOT USE CARBEURETOR HEAT. THE PILOT PLANNED HIS DESCENT SO THAT HE CROSSED THE FIELD TO JOIN THE SOUTH DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 24, MAKING LEFT TRAFFIC.  HE CONTINUED TO DESCEND WITHOUT POWER, TURNING BASE AND REALIZING THAT HE NEEDED TO ARREST HIS DESCENT RATE, HE ADDED POWER WITH THE THROTTLE.  THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  THE AIRMAN CHECKED THE MAGS QUICKLY, AND SOON REALIZED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY.  HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL, WITH SPEED, IN A FIELD WHICH IS JUST EAST OF RUNWAY 24.  THE WING AND IT'S SPAR WAS DAMAGED AND DEFORMED DURING THE LANDING, AND ONE OF THE MAIN LANDING WHEELS WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.

## 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 WPR18LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA268), Sep 17, 2018: Piper PA24 (N7472P), Upland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power due to fuel contamination.

## Other reports on N7472P (1)

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

- [Incident 19950925041249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950925041249I), Sep 25, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N7472P), St Cloud, MN. Narrative: the pilot elected to make a precautionary landing to have his aircraft engine inspected. The engine exhaust gas temp was running higher than normal…

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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