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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Buffalo, MN · May 16, 1998

Date
May 16, 1998 · 21:15 local
Place
Buffalo, MN
Airport
Buffalo Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5774F
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
498 total53 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Misjudged fuel consumpation ran out of fuel and landed in agricultural field 3 miles from Buffalo airport.

As the FAA filed it

MISJUDGED FUEL CONSUMPATION RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED IN AGRICULTURAL FIELD 3 MILES FROM BUFFALO AIRPORT.