# Accident 19811127078649A: Piper PA28181, Pender, VA, November 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1981, 19:35 local time
- Place: Pender, VA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8707° N, 77.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pender, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8707&lon=-77.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3072F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3072F-1982-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 245 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FIA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811127078649A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON NIGHT IFR FLIGHT. LANDED IN A FIELD SHORT OF NEAREST AIRPORT. STRUCK A FENCE NEAR END OF FIELD.

## 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 ATL82FIA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIA03), Nov 27, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N3072F), Pender, VA, 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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