# Accident 19800411008619A: Piper PA24250, Texarkana, TX, April 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1980, 12:57 local time
- Place: Texarkana, TX
- Airport: Webb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4251° N, 94.0477° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Texarkana, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4251&lon=-94.0477&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6943P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6943P-1980-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 207 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800411008619A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED ON IFR TRIP WITHOUT TOPPING TANKS. ENCOUNTERED HOLDING AND HEADWINDS. RAN OUT OF FUEL ON VOR APPROACH.

## 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 FTW80FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA063), Apr 11, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N6943P), Texarkana, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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