# Incident 19790913048899I: Piper PA28181, Eugene, OR, September 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1979, 16:50 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0521° N, 123.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eugene, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0521&lon=-123.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6950J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6950J-1984-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 11 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790913048899I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING SOLO CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY IN FIELD.

## Other reports on N6950J (1)

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

- [Accident 19840621047879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840621047879A), Jun 21, 1984: Piper PA28181 (N6950J), Burley, WA, Destroyed. Intoxicated non pilot made unauthorized night takeoff into IMC. Struck trees and the ground during the climbout.

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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