# Accident 19801025063909A: Piper PA24250, Delran Township, NJ, October 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1980, 15:19 local time
- Place: Delran Township, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5509P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5509P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,719 total, 152 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FHD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801025063909A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DURING VECTORS TO DESTINATION. STRUCK POWER-POLE ON LANDING. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.

## 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 NYC81FHD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD04), Oct 25, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N5509P), Delran Twnship, NJ, 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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