- Date
- March 28, 1984, 19:15 local (Mar 29, 1984, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Novato, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N82858Piper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840328008919A
- Case key
- 24214
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Ditching
Analysis
The acft was ditched in san pablo bay following a power loss during x-country cruise flt. The plt admitted 'to running out of fuel.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82858
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82858
- Airframe hours
- 421
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mr. & Mrs. J. Rutigliano
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ONT · Ontario, CA
- Destination
- 056 · Gnoss, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 247 total · 35 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.