# Incident 19800523053029I: Piper PA18, Truth Or Conseq, NM, May 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Truth Or Conseq, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2376° N, 107.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Truth or Consequences, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2376&lon=-107.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5418F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5418F-1991-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 523 total, 3 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/19800523053029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OVERFLEW DESTINATION, RAN OUT OF FUEL. FORCED LANDING MADE ON ROAD.

## Other reports on N5418F (1)

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

- [Accident 19850830042329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850830042329A), Aug 30, 1985: Piper PA28181 (N5418F), Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Engine quit in pattern due to fuel exhaustion in selected tank. Landed short of runway in a field.

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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