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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Denton, TX · September 10, 2006

Date: September 10, 2006 · 16:30 local
Place: Denton, TX
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N7172P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total

N7172PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2340 · Built 1960 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) On September 10, 2006, at approximately 1630 local, the pilot privacy data omitted was acting as pilot-in-command of N7172P, a Piper PA-24-250 when he executed a forced landing on interstate highway I-35W near Denton, TX. Loss of power was attributed to fuel exhaustion. There was no damage or injuries to property or persons.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 LOCAL, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N7172P, A PIPER PA-24-250 WHEN HE EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-35W NEAR DENTON, TX. LOSS OF POWER WAS ATTRIBUTED TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS.