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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Evansville, IN · July 3, 1980

Date: July 3, 1980 · 12:37 local
Place: Evansville, IN
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N78BG
Reported as: Piper PA28181
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 70 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N78BGRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7890100 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Engine stopped due to fuel exhaustion. VFR cross country in marginal weather.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. VFR CROSS COUNTRY IN MARGINAL WEATHER.