# Accident 19800901038139A: Piper PA24250, Lauderhille, FL, September 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1980
- Place: Lauderhille, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1616° N, 80.2251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lauderhill, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1616&lon=-80.2251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6138P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6138P-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKT55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800901038139A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON NIGHT PLEASURE FLIGHT RAN OUT OF FUEL ON LONG FINAL. LANDED IN TREES. NOT ENDORSED FOR FLIGHT.

## 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 MIA80FKT55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT55), Sep 1, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N6138P), Lauderhill, FL, 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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