# Incident 19780311016459I: Piper PA28140, North Kingston, RI, March 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1978, 14:45 local time
- Place: North Kingston, RI
- Airport: Quonset State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.5974° N, 71.4124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUONSET STATE (OQU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5974&lon=-71.4124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44513, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44513-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780311016459I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST TWICE ON SOLO CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT. FOUND AN AIRPORT, RAN OUT OF FUEL ON FINAL.

## Other reports on N44513 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810922070419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810922070419I), Sep 22, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N44513), South Weymouth, MA, Minor damage. During instruction flights stabilator controls locked aft of neutral during takeoff. Checked found no discrepancies
- [Incident 19801023075759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801023075759I), Oct 23, 1980: Piper PA28140 (N44513), Taunton, MA, Minor damage. Zd student pilot lost directional control after landing, aircraft hit one of the VASI structures.

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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