# Incident 19881129064139I: Piper PA38112, Shawnee, OK, November 29, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1988, 08:45 local time
- Place: Shawnee, OK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3273° N, 96.9253° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shawnee, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3273&lon=-96.9253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2539L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2539L-1990-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881129064139I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. PILOT ADMITTED FUEL MISMANAGEMENT.

## Other reports on N2539L (1)

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

- [Incident 19820303013189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820303013189I), Mar 3, 1982: Piper PA38112 (N2539L), Niles, MI, Minor damage. Pilot landed downwind. Gust raised right wing on touchdown, aircraft veered left into snowbank adjacent to 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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