Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II, N30650, incident occurred on September 30, 2025, near Youngstown, Ohio

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https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N30650

- History of Flight:
September 30, 2025, at about 1140 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II, N30650, registered to Elite Flight Training and Aircraft Management LLC and doing business as Elite Flight Experience, experienced a total loss of fuel (fuel exhaustion) and subsequent forced landing to open field terrain near Youngstown, Ohio. The airplane was not damaged. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The cross-country flight originated from John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK), New York, New York, and was destined to DuPage Airport (DPA/KDPA), Chicago, Illinois.

The distance between KFJK and DuPage is ~850 miles. The airplane was flown out the field and continued to the destination (figure 1). Figure 2 shows the emergency landing, and to the top left is the first data point received from the second flight.

Figure 1: ADS-B Track (combined)

Figure 2: ADS-B Track of incident flight, and start of second flight (top left)