# Incident 19781214025119I: Piper PA28180, Asheboro, NC, December 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1978
- Place: Asheboro, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7026° N, 79.8041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7026&lon=-79.8041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75320, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 150 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/19781214025119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ENGINE QUIT AT CRUISE. MADE AIRPORT LANDING. PILOT FAILED TO SWITCH TANKS, HAD RUN ONE DRY.

## Other reports on N75320 (2)

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

- [Incident 19951229045569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951229045569I), Dec 29, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N75320), Reading, PA. Narrative: on December 29, 1995, N75320, Piper PA-28-180 flown by daniel smaglinski landed 8 miles south of rdg airport in a farmers field due to fuel…
- [Incident 19920604018309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920604018309I), Jun 4, 1992: Piper PA28181 (N75320), Burlington, NC, Minor damage. Engine quit in flight. Saw airport. Tried to make runway. Stalled on level off. Fuel selector on almost empty tank.

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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