# Incident 19781101023849I: Piper PA28140, Philadelphia, PA, November 1, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1978, 12:00 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9523° N, 75.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9523&lon=-75.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56506, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,200 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/19781101023849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DECLARED LOW FUEL EMERGENCY LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N56506 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890912051999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890912051999I), Sep 12, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N56506), Cumberland, MD. VFR pilot encountered weather. Elected to land on road. Wingtip hit mail box on rollout.

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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