# Incident 19830103003449I: Piper PA24250, Meridian, MS, January 3, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1983, 11:50 local time
- Place: Meridian, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3643° N, 88.7037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meridian, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3643&lon=-88.7037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5778P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5778P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540A1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 684 total, 178 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830103003449I

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD.

## Other reports on N5778P (2)

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

- [Incident 20150411008059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150411008059I), Apr 11, 2015: Piper PA-24-250 (N5778P), Grand Prairie, TX, Minor damage. Airplane was going to take off but during roll out right gear collapsed and pilot steered the plane over to the grass median to limit the damage to the right…
- [Accident 19750316009879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750316009879A), Mar 16, 1975: Piper PA24250 (N5778P), Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. Structural damage due vortex turbulence from B-727.

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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