# Incident 19951217040769I: Piper PA28180, Brewton, AL, December 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1995, 16:00 local time
- Place: Brewton, AL
- Airport: Brewton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0507° N, 87.0673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BREWTON MUNI (12J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0507&lon=-87.0673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4548T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4548T-1997-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 498 total, 16 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951217040769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT CANCELED IFR FLIGHT AND REQUESTED VECTOR TO BREWTON, AL AIRPORT BECAUSE HE WAS LOW ON FUEL, AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. PILOT LANDED IN A COTTON FIELD AND LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY SIGNS OF FUEL LEAKS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF FUEL COMPUTATIONS THIS AIRCRAFT FLEW 4.2 HOURS WHEN IT RAN OUT OF FUEL, WITH FULL FUEL OF 48 GALLONS USEABLE IT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 4.8 HOURS. THIS GIVES A 30 MINUTE RESERVE AS REQUIRED BY THE FAR'S FOR VFR FLIGHT, I FEEL THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

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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