# Incident 19821229066479I: Piper PA28161, Pineland, TX, December 29, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1982, 17:45 local time
- Place: Pineland, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2470° N, 93.9739° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pineland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2470&lon=-93.9739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84691, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84691-1994-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821229066479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SWITCHED TANKS AND ENGINE DID NOT RESTART. LANDED IN OPEN FIELD.

## Other reports on N84691 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19851013051489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851013051489A), Oct 13, 1985: Piper PA28161 (N84691), Killeen, TX, Substantial damage. Landed in trees short of runway after fuel was exhausted.

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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