# Accident 19791209033349A: Piper PA28140, Dodge City, KS, December 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1979, 16:52 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7607° N, 100.0184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodge City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7607&lon=-100.0184&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5298S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5298S-1980-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 35 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCQ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209033349A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 MKC80FCQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCQ04), Dec 9, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N5298S), Dodge City, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5298S (1)

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

- [Incident 19780722038699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780722038699I), Jul 22, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N5298S), Newkirk, OK, Minor damage. Pilot attempted night takeoff from an unlit, unmarked area. Struck fence-post with a wingtip.

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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