# Accident 19810108000109A: Piper PA28235, Enid, OK, January 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1981, 08:15 local time
- Place: Enid, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3956° N, 97.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Enid, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3956&lon=-97.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38558, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38558-2011-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,414 total, 0 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FPJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810108000109A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. CRASH-LANDED IN FARM FIELD.

## 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 FTW81FPJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ09), Jan 8, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N38558), Enid, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N38558 (1)

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

- [Accident 20081212856069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081212856069A), Dec 12, 2008: Piper PA28235 (N38558), New Bern, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that shortly after take off about 100 feet in the air engine lost total power. Pilot made turn to the right to land in a sod field. Aircraft…

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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