# Accident 19790617020139A: Piper PA28235, Chicago, IL, June 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1979, 14:13 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55486 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 4 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEE64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEE64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790617020139A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED ON FINAL APPROACH. LANDED IN A STREET. HIT PARKED CAR. FOUND FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.

## 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 CHI79FEE64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEE64), Jun 17, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N55486), Chicago, IL, destroyed

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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