# Incident 19800414050699I: Piper PA28/, Churchtown, PA, April 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1980, 16:05 local time
- Place: Churchtown, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1393° N, 75.9532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Churchtown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1393&lon=-75.9532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4260T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4260T-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 241 total, 106 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/19800414050699I

## Narrative

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

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 19830728035869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830728035869A), Jul 28, 1983: Piper PA28180 (N4260T), Youngstown, OH, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel approaching fuel stop. Crashed into a swamp. Fuel burn rate higher than aircraft manual listings.

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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