# Accident 19800118000519A: Piper PA23250, Islamorida, FL, January 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1980, 20:10 local time
- Place: Islamorida, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.9243° N, 80.6278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Islamorada, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.9243&lon=-80.6278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5134Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5134Y-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DKT24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKT24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800118000519A

## Narrative

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

RAN BOTH OUTBOARD TANKS DRY. SWITCHED TO FUEL IN INBOARD TANKS. UNABLE TO RESTART. DITCHED AT SEA.

## 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 MIA80DKT24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKT24), Jan 18, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N5134Y), Islamorida, FL, destroyed

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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