# Accident 19920808029979A: Piper PA28180, Nevada, TX, August 8, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1992, 23:50 local time
- Place: Nevada, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0343° N, 96.3699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nevada, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0343&lon=-96.3699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15576, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15576-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 50 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920808029979A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE, STALLED, MUSHED INTO HARD LANDING IN A FIELD. STUDENT HAD PASSENGER ONBOARD.

## 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 FTW92LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA204), Aug 8, 1992: Piper PA-28-180 (N15576), Nevada, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PIL0T'S INADVERTENT STALL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE FORCED LANDING AND HIS FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE EN ROUTE.

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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