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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Reno, NV · July 2, 1985

Date
July 2, 1985 · 10:00 local
Place
Reno, NV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5299P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540D4A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total50 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.

Landed on road due to fuel exhaustion. Gauges indicated 1/8 each tank. Fuel added, took off from road.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON ROAD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. GAUGES INDICATED 1/8 EACH TANK. FUEL ADDED, TOOK OFF FROM ROAD.