# Accident 19800827038689A: Piper PA28180, Plymouth, MI, August 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1980, 21:56 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3712° N, 83.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3712&lon=-83.4676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43406, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43406-1995-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 136 in this make and model, 247 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEC32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800827038689A

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL DIVERTED TO ANOTHER AIRPORT RAN OUT OF FUEL ENROUTE, LANDED IN CITY STREET. HIT PARKING METERS, ETC.

## 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 CHI80FEC32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC32), Aug 27, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N43406), Plymouth, MI, destroyed

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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