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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Mt Pleasant, NY · August 7, 1973

Date
August 7, 1973
Place
Mt Pleasant, NY
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5091S
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC74FHJ09
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total58 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot exhausted fuel and elected to mush aircraft into trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXHAUSTED FUEL AND ELECTED TO MUSH AIRCRAFT INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.