30.0697° N, 95.9277° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Waller, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 17, 1983 · 19:20 local
Place
Waller, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N984BT
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total115 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Landed on a highway. Fuel consumption too high. Fuel gauges inaccurate.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED ON A HIGHWAY. FUEL CONSUMPTION TOO HIGH. FUEL GAUGES INACCURATE.