# Accident 19760525014289A: Piper PA28181, Hobbs, NM, May 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1976
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.7305° N, 103.1614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobbs, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7305&lon=-103.1614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4523X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4523X-1976-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,257 total, 70 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760525014289A

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION WHEN FUEL GAGE INDICATED 10 GAL. RAN INTO PATCHES OF GRND FOG AT NIGHT.

## 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 DEN76FQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQG04), May 25, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N4523X), Hobbs, NM, destroyed

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.