# Incident 19790401013669I: Piper PA25235, Earl Park, IN, April 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Earl Park, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6856° N, 87.4201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Earl Park, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6856&lon=-87.4201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7769Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7769Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 2,200 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/19790401013669I

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL ON CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IN VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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