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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Waco, TX · March 14, 1988

Date
March 14, 1988 · 17:30 local
Place
Waco, TX
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N32542
Reported as
Piper PA28151
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total600 in this make and model20 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 exhaustion on descent to airport. Landed in a field. Obtained fuel. Flew to destination. Strong upper wind.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION ON DESCENT TO AIRPORT. LANDED IN A FIELD. OBTAINED FUEL. FLEW TO DESTINATION. STRONG UPPER WIND.

Other reports on N32542 · 2

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