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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Sunriver, OR · May 29, 1982

Date
May 29, 1982 · 10:15 local
Place
Sunriver, OR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6857P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540A1D5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
520 total4 in this make and model4 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.

Ran one tank dry en route. Fuel selector would not move to other tank. Landed on a road. Fuel selector lacked lube.

As the FAA filed it

RAN ONE TANK DRY EN ROUTE. FUEL SELECTOR WOULD NOT MOVE TO OTHER TANK. LANDED ON A ROAD. FUEL SELECTOR LACKED LUBE.