# Incident 19820624035819I: Piper PA23160, Gaithersburg, MD, June 24, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1982, 17:45 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Gaithersburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4071P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4071P-1982-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 65 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820624035819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TO GO AROUND WITH ONE ENGINE OUT ON EMPTY TANK, PROPELLER WINDMILLING. LANDED IN FIELD. AUX TANKS FULL.

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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