# Accident 19830410043769A: Piper PA28181, White Plains, NY, April 10, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1983, 19:30 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0990° N, 73.7900° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0990&lon=-73.7900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8302T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8302T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830410043769A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR PLANNED FUEL STOP. LANDED ON FREEWAY. HIT AUTO. CARBURETOR HEAT ON.  CONTROL CABLE SEPARATED.

## 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 NYC83FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA088), Apr 10, 1983: Piper PA-28-181 (N8302T), Hawthorne, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8302T (1)

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

- [Incident 19830204029149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830204029149I), Feb 4, 1983: Piper PA28181 (N8302T), Great Barringto, MA, Minor damage. Landing gear caught a barbed wire fence while landing at an unlighted airport. Landed off side of runway.

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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