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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Mukwonago, WI · May 1, 1988

Date
May 1, 1988 · 17:30 local
Place
Mukwonago, WI
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2483K
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
197 total120 in this make and model9 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.

Ran out of fuel enroute. Landed safely in a field. Left fuel gauge was defective.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL ENROUTE. LANDED SAFELY IN A FIELD. LEFT FUEL GAUGE WAS DEFECTIVE.