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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Rensselaer, IN · February 25, 1982

Date: February 25, 1982 · 12:30 local
Place: Rensselaer, IN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8645E
Reported as: Piper PA28181
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 85 total14 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

N8645ERegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7690183 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot lost with 4.6 hours fuel. Expected to run out after 5 hours. Landed on road. Five gallons remained.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST WITH 4.6 HOURS FUEL. EXPECTED TO RUN OUT AFTER 5 HOURS. LANDED ON ROAD. FIVE GALLONS REMAINED.