# Accident 19810517029299A: Piper PA31350, Grand Cayman, UK, May 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1981, 17:53 local time
- Place: Grand Cayman, UK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N35803, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35803-2012-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 2,220 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810517029299A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DITCHED AT SEA BECAUSE OF FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 MIA81DA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DA077), May 17, 1981: Piper PA-31 (N35803), Grand Cayman, Burkina Faso, 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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