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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Elbow, MN · July 20, 1993

Date: July 20, 1993 · 02:30 local
Place: Elbow, MN
Airport: Elbow Lake Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3879R
Reported as: Piper PA28180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total5 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N3879RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-5851 · Built 1970 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Pilot disoriented and low on fuel. Saw runway and landed. Made a hard landing. Damaged nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DISORIENTED AND LOW ON FUEL. SAW RUNWAY AND LANDED. MADE A HARD LANDING. DAMAGED NOSE GEAR.

Other reports on N3879R · 1

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

Incident 19981214042739IDescent · Myerstown, PA(-5)On decent to lancaster airport, lost power, received vectors to nearest airport which was deck airport. Did not have enough altitude to make the runway. Landed in field. Left fuel tank empty. Right fuel tank approx 14 gals. Fuel mismanagement.Dec 14, 1998