# Accident 19810824051469A: Piper PA24260, Panama City, FL, August 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1588° N, 85.6602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1588&lon=-85.6602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8966P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8966P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 9 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DKJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKJ16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810824051469A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED WITHOUT TOPPING FUEL TANKS. RAN OUT OF FUEL SHORT OF DESTINATION ON IFR VECTORS IN CLOUDS. DITCHED IN GULF

## 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 MIA81DKJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKJ16), Aug 24, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N8966P), Panama City, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8966P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951122044899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951122044899I), Nov 22, 1995: Piper PA24260 (N8966P), Asheville, NC, No damage. Narrative: after losing electric power due to a faulty 5 amp field circuit breaker for the alternator, aircraft N8966P attempted to extend the landing gear for…

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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