- Date
- June 16, 1985, 18:20 local (Jun 17, 1985, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4382NPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850616025829A
- Case key
- 24744
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 - exhaustion
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
InattentiveFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
Eng failed due to fuel exhaution while the acft was on final apch to rwy 18 at Apple Valley. A forced landing on rough terrain short of the rwy resulted in substantial damage to the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4382N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8590017
- Airframe hours
- 223
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Temple Bar, CA
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- APV · Apple Valley, runway 18, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
N4382NRegistration cancelled May 1, 2020 · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 6 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 34 °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.