# Accident 19790822022669A: Piper PA36300, Portales, NM, August 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Portales, NM
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.1773° N, 103.3551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portales, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1773&lon=-103.3551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82671, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82671-1989-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,999 total, 300 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DQG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790822022669A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT SAID FUEL GAUGES READ 25 GAL. WHEN ENGINE FAILED.

## 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 DEN79DQG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQG05), Aug 22, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N82671), Arch, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N82671 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810711056949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810711056949I), Jul 11, 1981: Piper PA36300 (N82671), Tunica, MS, Minor damage. Ag pilot landed aircraft on road and wing hit vegitation causing minor damage.

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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