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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Orlando, FL · February 2, 1989

Date
February 2, 1989 · 16:40 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4838J
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total45 in this make and model35 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.

Engine quit on final due to fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in field. Fuel selector on empty tank. Hit powerlines.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. HIT POWERLINES.