# Accident 19900811033409A: Piper PA24250, Bingham, NM, August 11, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1990, 08:42 local time
- Place: Bingham, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8890° N, 106.3725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bingham, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8890&lon=-106.3725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5470P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5470P-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 14 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900811033409A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE. EMERGENCY LANDED IN MADRONA BRUSH TEARING A WING IN HALF.

## 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 DEN90LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA169), Aug 11, 1990: Piper PA-24-250 (N5470P), Bingham, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED POWER LOSS. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL AND THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN IN WHICH THE FORCED LANDING WAS PERFORMED.

## Other reports on N5470P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890629051609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890629051609I), Jun 29, 1989: Piper PA24250 (N5470P), Jean, NV, Minor damage. Instructor did not ensure that the landing gear was down. Landed with the gear retracted.

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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