# Accident 19790621025529A: Piper PA28/, Miami, FL, June 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1979, 02:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Tamiami
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7503° N, 80.3742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tamiami Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7503&lon=-80.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57347, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 48 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKT74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790621025529A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. FUEL SELECTOR NOT IN THE DETENT.

## 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 MIA79DKT74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT74), Jun 21, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N57347), Miami, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N57347 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880831057219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880831057219I), Aug 31, 1988: Piper PA28235 (N57347), Bourbonnais, IL, Minor damage. Lost control on landing. Ballooned and veered off side of runway into field. Bent prop and broke off nose gear.

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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