# Accident 19890324010299A: Piper PA28181, Pittstown, NJ, March 24, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1989, 13:15 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5820° N, 74.9591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5820&lon=-74.9591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4385L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4385L-1991-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 93 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890324010299A

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOW ON FUEL IFR EN ROUTE. OFFERED NEARBY FIELD BUT NO APPROACH PLATES ELECTED TO GO ON,RAN OUT. STRUCK TREES

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC89LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA104), Mar 24, 1989: Piper PA-28-181 (N4385L), Pittstown, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING WHICH LED TO ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

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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