# Accident 19820815041739A: Piper PA28140, Colorado Spring, CO, August 15, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1982, 22:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2292T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2292T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 82 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82DA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820815041739A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO REFUEL AT LAST STOP. RAN OUT OF FUEL AFTER 3 HOURS ALOFT. A NIGHT CRASH LANDING IN ROUGH FIELD ENSUED.

## 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 DEN82DA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA163), Aug 16, 1982: Piper PA-28-140 (N2292T), 5nm Colorado Sp, CO, 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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