# Incident 19810510084669I: Piper PA28151, Wrightstown, NJ, May 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1981, 23:30 local time
- Place: Wrightstown, NJ
- Airport: Mcguire Afb
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0156° N, 74.5917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mc Guire Air Force Base (WRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0156&lon=-74.5917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40965, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40965) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19810510084669I

## Narrative

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

ZA PILOT TURNED BACK BY WEATHER, GOT LOST AND WAS VECTORED TO SAFE LANDING FAILED TO GET COMPLETE WX CHECK.

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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