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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Wichita Falls, TX · May 4, 1990

Date: May 4, 1990 · 15:50 local
Place: Wichita Falls, TX
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7745W
Reported as: Piper PA28180
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 670 total70 in this make and model

N7745WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-1755 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

VFR pilot caught on top of an overcast ran out of fuel while being vectored by ATC to a VFR airport.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT CAUGHT ON TOP OF AN OVERCAST RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE BEING VECTORED BY ATC TO A VFR AIRPORT.