# Incident 19780811037509I: Piper PA36285, Wiggins, CO, August 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1978, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wiggins, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.2284° N, 104.0728° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wiggins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2284&lon=-104.0728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57806, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57806-1984-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 234 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/19780811037509I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FUEL GAUGE INACCURATE.

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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