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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28140 · Everglades City, FL · May 5, 1988

Date
May 5, 1988 · 23:50 local
Place
Everglades City, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N285DP
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA164
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
91 total91 in this make and model24 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.

Night forced landing on road due to fuel exhaustion. Left road and hit tree on rollout.

As the FAA filed it

NIGHT FORCED LANDING ON ROAD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. LEFT ROAD AND HIT TREE ON ROLLOUT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.