What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Ran out of fuel. Forced landing in a wheat field.
As the FAA filed it
RAN OUT OF FUEL. FORCED LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Rapid City, SD · August 6, 1983
- Date
- August 6, 1983 · 12:53 local
- Place
- Rapid City, SD
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N1248H
- Reported as
- Piper PA28181
- Reported engine
- Lycoming O360A4M
- People aboard
- 2
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 360 total150 in this make and model30 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.