# Accident 19810315009299A: Piper PA28151, Smithville, NJ, March 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1981, 10:45 local time
- Place: Smithville, NJ
- Airport: Smithville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4949° N, 74.4786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4949&lon=-74.4786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44610, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44610-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FHD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315009299A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE, CRASHED IN WOODED AREA NEAR AIRPORT.  THREE PILOTS ON BOARD ASSISTING OPERATION.

## 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 NYC81FHD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD16), Mar 15, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N44610), Smithville, 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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