# Incident 19860917084909I: Piper PA23250, La Cholla, AZ, September 17, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1986, 12:55 local time
- Place: La Cholla, AZ
- Airport: Tucson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12TH-1991-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 27 in this make and model, 245 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860917084909I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTED BEFORE REACHING DESTINATION. LANDED GEAR UP AFTER ATTEMPTING TO STRETCH THE GLIDE.

## Other reports on N12TH (1)

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

- [Incident 19890511066209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890511066209I), May 11, 1989: Piper PA23250 (N12TH), Auburn, IN, Minor damage. On landing flare aircraft drifted left on a crosswind landing. Rolled off side of runway into a plowed field.

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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