# Accident 19830728035869A: Piper PA28180, Youngstown, OH, July 28, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1983, 13:30 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4260T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4260T-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 244 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830728035869A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROACHING FUEL STOP. CRASHED INTO A SWAMP.FUEL BURN RATE HIGHER THAN AIRCRAFT MANUAL LISTINGS.

## 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 CHI83LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA337), Jul 28, 1983: Piper PA-28-180 (N4260T), Youngstown, OH, destroyed

## Other reports on N4260T (1)

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

- [Incident 19800414050699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800414050699I), Apr 14, 1980: Piper PA28/ (N4260T), Churchtown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot could not maintain VFR navigation so he landed on highway.

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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