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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-160 · Lancaster, PA · July 5, 1987

Date
July 5, 1987 · 20:50 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5675W
Reported as
Piper PA28160
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total15 in this make and model10 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.

Fuel was exhausted on final approach. Right fuel indicator showed fuel remaining.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED ON FINAL APPROACH. RIGHT FUEL INDICATOR SHOWED FUEL REMAINING.