# Incident 19780731044589I: Piper PA28140, Madison, WI, July 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1978, 09:39 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane Co
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2222° N, 89.4682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE (WI65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2222&lon=-89.4682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44245, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44245) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 3,100 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/19780731044589I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. QUICK DRAIN SUMP ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS OPENED BY BIRD STRIKE.

## Other reports on N44245 (3)

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

- [Accident 20210802012349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210802012349A), Aug 2, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N44245), Tubac, AZ, Substantial damage. On 2 August, 2021 around 0945 local time a cherokee 140 made an off airport landing into a field a couple miles NE of Tubac outside of nogales, Arizona. Pilot…
- [Accident 19960807029789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807029789A), Aug 7, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N44245), Rensslaer, IN, Substantial damage. Bounced on hard landing. Stopped off runway. Returned to base. Prop, nose gear, fire wall damaged. Wings wrinkled. (-23) on August 7, 1996, at 1100 CDT, a…
- [Accident 19800723027449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800723027449A), Jul 23, 1980: Piper PA28140 (N44245), Peru, ID, Substantial damage. Engine stopped on final approach for runway. Aircraft touched down short of runway. Fuel strainer found loose.

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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