# Incident 19930527022399I: Piper PA32R300, El Paso, TX, May 27, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1993, 16:45 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5765R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930527022399I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR. DEPARTED LOCAL AREA. ADVISED TOWER RETURNING. LOW FUEL. FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED ON DIRT ROAD.

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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