# Accident 19890821030799A: Piper PA28180, Clendenin, WV, August 21, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1989, 11:33 local time
- Place: Clendenin, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4845° N, 81.3515° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clendenin, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4845&lon=-81.3515&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7597W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7597W-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 774 total, 40 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO89LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890821030799A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WEATHER EN ROUTE BECAME DISORIENTED RAN OUT OF FUEL GOT RADAR VECTORS TO A ROAD. HIT LIGHT POLE LANDING

## 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 BFO89LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89LA070), Aug 21, 1989: Piper PA-28-180 (N7597W), Clendenin, WV, destroyed. Probable cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S DELAY IN DIVERTING TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT, AND THE LIGHT POLE WERE…

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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