19790212002789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28140 · Marble Canyon, AZ · February 12, 1979

Date
February 12, 1979 · 23:15 local
Place
Marble Canyon, AZ
Airport
West Rim
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8859K
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUJ45
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
385 total265 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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 made emergency night landing in snow and rocky area after engine fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE EMERGENCY NIGHT LANDING IN SNOW AND ROCKY AREA AFTER ENGINE FUEL EXHAUSTION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.