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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-150 · San Jose, CA · July 29, 1989

Date
July 29, 1989 · 15:00 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5700W
Reported as
Piper PA28150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total200 in this make and model27 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 due to fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in pasture. Right tank empty and left almost empty.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING IN PASTURE. RIGHT TANK EMPTY AND LEFT ALMOST EMPTY.