# Incident 19991008031079I: Piper PA28151, Roanoke, VA, October 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1999, 02:00 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N429JM-2018-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991008031079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL ENROUTE TO ROANOKE, VA (KROA). ENROUTE PILOT REALIZED HE WOULD BE CLOSE ON FUEL.  FLAMED OUT APPROX. ONE TO ONE AND A HALF MILE OUT FROM KROA AT 0200 AM.  DEAD STICKED IT TO RUNWAY 21 KROA.  PURCHASED 48.9 GALLONS OF FUEL ON AN AIRCRAFT THAT HOLDS 50 GALLONS.

## Other reports on N429JM (1)

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

- [Incident 19991027033989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991027033989I), Oct 27, 1999: Piper PA28151 (N429JM), Mckinney, TX. (-23) Fuel depletion off airport landing - no visible damage to aircraft. No known bodily injury to sole occupant.

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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