# Accident 19730807025269A: Piper PA28R180, Mt Pleasant, NY, August 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1973
- Place: Mt Pleasant, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Aircraft: N5091S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5091S-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 58 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730807025269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXHAUSTED FUEL AND ELECTED TO MUSH AIRCRAFT INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC74FHJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ09), Aug 7, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5091S), Mt Pleasant, NY, substantial damage

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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