# Accident 19790707036559A: Piper PA38112, St Paul, MN, July 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1979, 16:15 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Holman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 44.9444° N, 93.0933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9444&lon=-93.0933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4324E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4324E-1982-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 9 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FER52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790707036559A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT IN PATTERN DUE TO EMPTY RIGHT FUEL CELL. HIT WIRES ON LDG IN CITY STREET. FUEL IN LEFT 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 MKC79FER52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER52), Jul 7, 1979: Piper PA-38 (N4324E), St.Paul, MN, 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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