# Accident 19800816035849A: Piper PA28181, Abilene, TX, August 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1980
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Butterfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4487° N, 99.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4487&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43755, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43755) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 21 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPD41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPD41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800816035849A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE. CRASH-LANDED IN PASTURE. MISCALCULATED AIRCRAFT FUEL BURN RATE.

## 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 FTW80DPD41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPD41), Aug 16, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N43755), Abilene, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N43755 (3)

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

- [Incident 20050515013379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050515013379I), May 15, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N43755), Vernon Hills, IL. (-23) Aircraft N43755 departed dayton, Ohio on an air angel flight to palwaukee airport, wheeling, IL. Enroute over joliet, IL the right tank ran out of fuel…
- [Incident 19810521044059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810521044059I), May 21, 1981: Piper PA28181 (N43755), Ardmore, OK. Za aircraft ran out of fuel and pilot landed in a field. Pilot had planned on 10GPH when actual was 11.3. Plugs bad
- [Incident 19790307019019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790307019019I), Mar 7, 1979: Piper PA28181 (N43755), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. Pilot got out of aircraft after attempt to start failed. Moved prop by hand, aircraft started, struck others

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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