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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Fresno, CA · July 18, 1992

Date: July 18, 1992 · 08:05 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95420
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 170 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N95420Registered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-25938 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Fuel exhaustion en route. Forced landing in plowed field. Pilot stated fuel gauges showed one fourth fuel in tanks

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION EN ROUTE. FORCED LANDING IN PLOWED FIELD. PILOT STATED FUEL GAUGES SHOWED ONE FOURTH FUEL IN TANKS