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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Fullerton, CA · February 19, 1984

Date
February 19, 1984 · 10:15 local
Place
Fullerton, CA
Airport
Fullerton
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5218L
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
740 total700 in this make and model20 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 on final. Landed safely on the runway. Fuel selector was on a empty tank.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. LANDED SAFELY ON THE RUNWAY. FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON A EMPTY TANK.