# Accident 19810825051279A: Piper PA28140, Long Boat Key, FL, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 19:15 local time
- Place: Long Boat Key, FL
- Airport: Sarasota
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4005° N, 82.6442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longboat Key, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4005&lon=-82.6442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8788N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 34 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DLD58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825051279A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ON APPROACH TO DESTINATION. DITCHED NEAR SHORE IN GULF. UNABLE TO DETERMINE ENGINE PROBLEM.

## 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 MIA81DLD58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD58), Aug 25, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N8788N), Long Boat Key, 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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