- Date
- April 18, 1980
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · SAN CARLOS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N38125Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800418009299A
- Case key
- 131043
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1636 80/4/18 SAN CARLOS,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 499 TIME - 1228 N38125 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN CARLOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA SAN FRANCISCO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38125
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Carlos
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.