# Accident 19801230082599A: Piper PA24250, West Palm Beach, FL, December 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1313M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1313M-1984-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,507 total, 1,507 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FKT19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKT19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801230082599A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT. LANDED IN SHALLOW ROCKY SURF. FUEL STARVATION FROM IMPROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT.

## 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 MIA81FKT19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKT19), Dec 30, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N1313M), W.Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage

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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