# Accident 19800428010559A: Naval N3N3, Pendleton, OR, April 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1980, 12:05 local time
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.6756° N, 118.8195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pendleton, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6756&lon=-118.8195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45018, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL N3N3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 166 in this make and model, 242 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYM31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYM31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800428010559A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE RETURNING TO HOME BASE. LANDED IN PLOWED FIELD. NOSED OVER.

## 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 SEA80DYM31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYM31), Apr 28, 1980: Naval Fcty N3N-3 (N45018), Pendleton, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N45018 (1)

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

- [Accident 19971118034189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971118034189A), Nov 18, 1997: Naval N3N3 (N45018), Spruce Pine, NC, Substantial damage. Approach was too fast touched down late applied brakes hard. Skidded off runway nosed over bottom of embankment. (.4)while on final approach 20 mph above the…

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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