# Accident 19790804019459A: Piper PA24250, Mckenzie, TN, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mckenzie, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1366° N, 88.5071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKenzie, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1366&lon=-88.5071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5345P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5345P-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,148 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DLT06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLT06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804019459A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED ENROUTE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. UNABLE TO OBTAIN FUEL AT FIRST FUEL STOP. OVERSJOT EMERGENCY LANDING

## 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 IAD79DLT06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLT06), Aug 4, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N5345P), Mckenzie, TN, 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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