# Incident 19860221023879I: Piper PA34200T, Birmingham, AL, February 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1986, 12:46 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33127, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33127-2000-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860221023879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CAUGHT WITH LOW FUEL ON TOP OF OVERCAST. VFR POLOT GIVEN ATC ASSIST THROUGH IFR CONDITIONS AND SAFE LANDING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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