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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Big Spring, TX · December 18, 1985

Date: December 18, 1985 · 10:55 local
Place: Big Spring, TX
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8570P
Reported as: Piper PA24260
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,650 total2,400 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N8570PRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4027 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Fuel exhaustion while VFR on top. Attempted vectors. Landed gear up on a dirt road.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE VFR ON TOP. ATTEMPTED VECTORS. LANDED GEAR UP ON A DIRT ROAD.