# Accident 19980910040719A: Piper PA28180, Erisberg, MN, September 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1998, 19:08 local time
- Place: Erisberg, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5798° N, 93.4007° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5798&lon=-93.4007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7965W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7965W-1999-06-29) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 75 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA338) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980910040719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM MENOMINEE, MI TO INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN. AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 HOURS THE PILOT, JAMES MORRISON, CONTACTED MSP CENTER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY - STATING HE WAS OUT OF GAS. MR. MORRISON MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ALONG HIGHWAY 53 APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM THE INT. AIRPORT. THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A PINE TREE AND WAS SEVERED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE LEFT WING & FUEL TANK WERE INTACT. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE LEFT TANK. THERE WAS NO FUEL FOUND ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE OR FUEL SPILL ON SITE.

## 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 CHI98LA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA338), Sep 11, 1998: Piper PA-28-180 (N7965W), Int'L Falls, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: inaccurate preflight planning which resulted in an insufficient fuel supply and the subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor associated with the accident was the tree which the airplane contacted during…

## Other reports on N7965W (1)

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

- [Accident 19900924052119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900924052119A), Sep 24, 1990: Piper PA28180 (N7965W), Bucyrus, OH, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on short wet grass runway. Ran off end into an embankment.

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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