19790107000809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Miami, FL · January 7, 1979

Date: January 7, 1979 · 12:30 local
Place: Miami, FL
Airport: Opa Locka West
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5855U
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 325 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5855URegistration cancelled Nov 10, 2004 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-26687 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot took off with unknown fuel supply, ran out 2.5 hours later.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF WITH UNKNOWN FUEL SUPPLY, RAN OUT 2.5 HOURS LATER.