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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Madison, CT · November 11, 1981

Date
November 11, 1981 · 13:15 local
Place
Madison, CT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N568FL
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total400 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

No fuel at home airport, ran out of fuel trying to fly to nearby airport. Landed on golf fairway.

As the FAA filed it

NO FUEL AT HOME AIRPORT, RAN OUT OF FUEL TRYING TO FLY TO NEARBY AIRPORT. LANDED ON GOLF FAIRWAY.