# Accident 19880228003819A: Piper PA24250, Plymouth, MA, February 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1988, 15:35 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9088° N, 70.7276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (PYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9088&lon=-70.7276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5435P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5435P-2004-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 403 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880228003819A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL WHEN FUEL TANK SELECTED RAN DRY. CRASHED IN TREES. OTHER FULL TANK CONTAINED 16 GALLONS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC88LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA096), Feb 28, 1988: Piper PA-24-250 (N5435P), Plymouth, MA, destroyed

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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