# Incident 19781228020619I: Piper PA28181, Otterbein, IN, December 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1978, 23:23 local time
- Place: Otterbein, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21288, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21288) (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 PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 379 total, 63 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/19781228020619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRETCHING FUEL. RAN OUT DURING RADAR VECTOR TO AN AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N21288 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900829051359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900829051359I), Aug 29, 1990: Piper PA28181 (N21288), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Struck a deer with left leading edge of wing on landing 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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