# Incident 19801224085129I: Piper PA23250, Port Richey, FL, December 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1980, 10:15 local time
- Place: Port Richey, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2750° N, 82.7250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Richey, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2750&lon=-82.7250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5086Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5086Y-1988-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 250 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/19801224085129I

## Narrative

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

ZW ZS PILOT MADE FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  INCIDENT DRUG RELATED.

## Other reports on N5086Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19871110063459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871110063459A), Nov 10, 1987: Piper PA23250 (N5086Y), Miami, FL, Destroyed. Left engine caught on fire during engine startup. Found each fuel cap was wrapped with a rag to prevent leaking.

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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