# Incident 19880801061469I: Piper PA28181, Uvalde, TX, August 1, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1988, 07:03 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Airport: Garner Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2113° N, 99.7436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARNER FLD (UVA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2113&lon=-99.7436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6553F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6553F) (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: 1,150 total, 56 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880801061469I

## Narrative

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

RETURNED TO UVALDE DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. CHANGED FLIGHT PLANS 3 TIMES DECLARED FUEL LOW AND LANDED AT UVALDE.

## Other reports on N6553F (1)

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

- [Accident 19790521010119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790521010119A), May 21, 1979: Piper PA28/ (N6553F), Green River, UT, Substantial damage. Student made downwind landing. Ran off FAR end of runway.

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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