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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · St Thomas, VI · September 28, 1990

Date
September 28, 1990 · 17:30 local
Place
St Thomas, VI
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8229N
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,375 total1,800 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot stated fuel gauge went down unusually fast. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Ditched in water.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED FUEL GAUGE WENT DOWN UNUSUALLY FAST. ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. DITCHED IN WATER.