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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Auburn, WA · February 26, 1979

Date: February 26, 1979 · 09:50 local
Place: Auburn, WA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8896E
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 52 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8896ERegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7625165 · Built 1976 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.

Ran out of fuel while being vectored after being caught on top of overcast.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE BEING VECTORED AFTER BEING CAUGHT ON TOP OF OVERCAST.