# Accident 19910501023919A: Piper PA28181, Longview, TX, May 1, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1991, 00:05 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5007° N, 94.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5007&lon=-94.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29049, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29049) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 61 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910501023919A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL. LAST LEG IFR DUAL CROSSCOUNTRY. ON NIGHT  FORCED LANDING STRUCK COW. CFI WAS IN REAR SEAT.

## 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 FTW91LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA071), May 1, 1991: Piper PA-28 (N29049), Longview, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION RESULTING IN A COMPLETE POWER LOSS DUE TO THE PIC/CFI'S FAILURE TO REFUEL AT INTERMEDIATE DESTINATIONS.

## Other reports on N29049 (1)

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

- [Incident 20070718825369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070718825369I), Jul 18, 2007: Piper PA28181 (N29049), Janesville, WI, No damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was giving flight instruction to [privacy data omitted], a student, in a PA-28-181, on July 18, 2007, at the rock county…

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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