# Accident 19880307006809A: Piper PA18150, Orangeburg, SC, March 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1988, 18:05 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4936° N, 80.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orangeburg, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4936&lon=-80.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8994Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 325 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880307006809A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL BEFORE NORMAL FUEL ENDURANCE. NOSED OVER LANDING. FOUND A FUEL CAP LEAKING. SIPHONED OUT THE FUEL.

## 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 ATL88LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA114), Mar 7, 1988: Piper PA-18-150 (N8994Y), Orangeburg, SC, substantial damage

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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