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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28/ · Churchtown, PA · April 14, 1980

Date: April 14, 1980 · 16:05 local
Place: Churchtown, PA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4260T
Reported as: Piper PA28/
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 241 total106 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4260TRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-7205123 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot could not maintain VFR navigation so he landed on highway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN VFR NAVIGATION SO HE LANDED ON HIGHWAY.

Other reports on N4260T · 1

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

Accident 19830728035869AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Youngstown, OHRan out of fuel approaching fuel stop. Crashed into a swamp. Fuel burn rate higher than aircraft manual listings.Jul 28, 1983 · Destroyed