# Accident 19941023035669A: Piper PA28180, Hancock, MI, October 23, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1994, 13:30 local time
- Place: Hancock, MI
- Airport: Houghton County Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1107° N, 88.5609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1107&lon=-88.5609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6464J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6464J-2013-08-19) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 280 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941023035669A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON FINAL. STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. (-23) NO NARRATIVE.

## 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 CHI95LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA019), Oct 23, 1994: Piper PA-28-180 (N6464J), Houghton, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: inaccurate planning by the pilot which resulted in the failure to assure an adequate fuel supply to complete the flight. A factor associated with the accident was the lack of a suitable landing site…

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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