Event DEN82DA163

1982-08-15 5NM COLORADO SP, Colorado, United States Airport · COS None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2292T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1971 · 11 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710720

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A20520

Registrant of record

SALE REPORTED

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2292T Piper PA-28-140 None

Factual narrative

THE PILOT ON A CROSS-COUNTRY LANDED AFTER 2.4 HRS. NO REFUELING CREW WAS FOUND SO HE MEASURED 15 GALS INTO EACH TANK FORABOUT 25 GALS EACH. THE NEXT LEG WAS 3.5 HOURS. AT 3.3 HRS BOTH TANKS WERE OUT OF USEABLE FUEL 6 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE AT NIGHT IN AN OPEN ROUGH FIELD AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_DEN82DA163.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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