# Accident 19811114073779A: Piper PA28140, Savannah, GA, November 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1981, 13:57 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8569E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8569E-2009-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 90 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811114073779A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ENROUTE. STRUCK POWERLINES AND TREES TRYING FOR A ROAD LANDING. WAS OFF COURSE IN RESTRICTED AREA.

## 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 ATL82FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA017), Nov 14, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N8569E), Savannah, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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