# Accident 19800407008089A: Piper PA28180, Spokane, WA, April 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1980, 11:01 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212P-1992-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYP15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYP15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800407008089A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON BASE LEG. LANDED SHORT. HIT FENCE. FOUND LOOSE B NUT ON FUEL LINE. DID NOT CHECK GAUGES EN ROUTE

## 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 SEA80FYP15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYP15), Apr 7, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N212P), Spokane, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N212P (1)

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

- [Incident 19790615016719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790615016719I), Jun 15, 1979: Piper PA28180 (N212P), Eugene, OR, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed after touchdown.

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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