# Incident 19960427024819I: Piper PA23160, Coalgate, OK, April 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1996, 21:45 local time
- Place: Coalgate, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5323° N, 96.2212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coalgate, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5323&lon=-96.2212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4181P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4181P-1998-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960427024819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 4/27/96, AT 0245 UTC, N4181P DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH FTW CENTER DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. PILOT STATED HE WAS OUT OF FUEL. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED EIGHT MILES NORTH OF COALGATE, OK ON HIGHWAY 31. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. THE FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD WERE UNINJURED. VERIFIED FUEL EXHAUSTION.

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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