# Accident 19790112005649A: Piper PA23250, Acuff, TX, January 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1979, 15:10 local time
- Place: Acuff, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5951° N, 101.6202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Acuff, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5951&lon=-101.6202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6792Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,208 total, 503 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FQG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790112005649A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL ON MAINS.PILOT MISMANAGED FUEL SELECTORS ON AVAILABLE FUEL.LANDED IN MUDDY FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW79FQG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG14), Jan 12, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N6792Y), Acuff, TX, substantial damage

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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