# Accident 19810822050769A: Piper PA22, Captiva, FL, August 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1981, 12:55 local time
- Place: Captiva, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5032° N, 82.1884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Captiva, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5032&lon=-82.1884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3736Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3736Z-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,734 total, 2,120 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DLD62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822050769A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT OFFSHORE. DITCHED IN GULF. PILOT BELIEVES WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 MIA81DLD62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD62), Aug 22, 1981: Piper PA-22 (N3736Z), Captiva, 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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