# Incident 19801209089589I: Piper PA24250, Royalton, MN, December 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1980, 20:30 local time
- Place: Royalton, MN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8303° N, 94.2926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Royalton, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8303&lon=-94.2926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5251P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5251P) (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: 50 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801209089589I

## Narrative

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

ZG RAN OUT OF FUEL 35 MILES AFTER DEPARTURE WITH LOW FUEL BECAUSE NONE AVAILABLE. LANDED GEAR UP, NOSE GEAR STUCK.

## Other reports on N5251P (2)

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

- [Incident 19910517016439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910517016439I), May 17, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N5251P), Laramie, WY, Minor damage. Landed with the gear retracted. Found system circuit breaker popped. Gear control lever in neutral position.
- [Accident 19780527019689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527019689A), May 27, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N5251P), Hutchinson, MN, Substantial damage

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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