# Accident 19800914041519A: Piper PA15, Ft Sumner, NM, September 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1980, 22:30 local time
- Place: Ft Sumner, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4868° N, 104.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Sumner, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4868&lon=-104.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4123H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4123H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-15 (registry code 7101502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800914041519A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROACHING DESTINATION. CRASH LANDED DURING NIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING. GAS GAUGE INACCURATE.

## 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 FTW80FQA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA39), Sep 14, 1980: Piper PA-15 (N4123H), Fort Sumner, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4123H (2)

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

- [Accident 20200608008109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200608008109A), Jun 8, 2020: Piper PA-15 (N4123H), Lancaster, TX, Substantial damage. The accident flight was conducted by a newly certificated private pilot with tail wheel endorsement. The pilot was practicing take offs and landings, staying…
- [Incident 20101124052289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101124052289I), Nov 24, 2010: Piper PA-15 (N4123H), Dalhart, TX, Minor damage. On November 24, 2010, at approximately 11:45 CST , N4123H, a Piper PA-15 aircraft departed on runway 21 at Dalhart Municipal Airport (dht) on a flight to the…

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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