34.2257° N, 77.9447° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 10, 1990 · 13:35 local
Place
Wilmington, NC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N148AV
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Pilot ran out of fuel on a crosscountry flight. Made an emergency landing on a dirt road.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL ON A CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT. MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD.