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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Chestertown, MD · May 27, 1985

Date: May 27, 1985 · 18:30 local
Place: Chestertown, MD
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9468P
Reported as: Piper PA24260
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9468PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4978 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed in cornfield. Improper management of fuel system. Fuel remaining in unselected tanks.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN CORNFIELD. IMPROPER MANAGEMENT OF FUEL SYSTEM. FUEL REMAINING IN UNSELECTED TANKS.

Other reports on N9468P · 1

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

Accident 19730511011999AIn Traffic Pattern-Circling · Mazatlan,SinaInvest under the jurisdiction of the mexican government.May 11, 1973 · Substantial damage