# Incident 19791015052549I: Piper PA34200T, Moses Lake, WA, October 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1979, 22:58 local time
- Place: Moses Lake, WA
- Airport: Grant Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 47.2086° N, 119.3191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANT COUNTY INTL (MWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2086&lon=-119.3191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5384F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5384F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 130 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/19791015052549I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT AND WAS SHUTDOWN. CAUSE FOUND TO BE FUEL STARVATION DUE TO MISSING FUEL CAP.

## Other reports on N5384F (1)

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

- [Incident 19851205073539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851205073539I), Dec 5, 1985: Piper PA34200T (N5384F), Missoula, MT. After reaching cruise altitude could not complete trimming action, returned. Trim wheel installed at an angle.

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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