# Accident 19810606053659A: Piper PA28151, Thistle, UT, June 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1981, 17:45 local time
- Place: Thistle, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9913° N, 111.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thistle, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9913&lon=-111.4982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9627K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,383 total, 3 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTM26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810606053659A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER EN ROUTE AT 400 FEET AGL. PASSENGER REPORTED PILOT RAN ONE TANK DRY. FAILED TO SWITCH TO FULL TANK.

## 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 DEN81FTM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTM26), Jun 6, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N9627K), Thistle, UT, 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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