33.3062° N, 111.8413° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 22, 1982 · 00:57 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2091K
Reported as
Piper PA44180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360E1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
329 total17 in this make and model29 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.
Aircraft crashed during attempted emergency landing at night on highway. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.