# Incident 19880506056219I: Piper PA28181, Huron, SD, May 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: Huron, SD
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3623° N, 98.2096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huron, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3623&lon=-98.2096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5360F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5360F-2007-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 22 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880506056219I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING IN FIELD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. STATED HAD CHECKED TANKS VISUALLY BEFORE FLIGHT. REFUELED AND LEFT

## Other reports on N5360F (1)

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

- [Accident 20050425033169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050425033169A), Apr 25, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N5360F), Milwaukee, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot indicated to mke tower that he was out of fuel and made a forced landing in lake Michigan, 6.3 NM off the eastern shore. The pilot's body was not…

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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