# Accident 19810917060249A: Piper PA23250, Guantanamo Bay, CU, September 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1981, 12:10 local time
- Place: Guantanamo Bay, CU
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N438SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438SB-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810917060249A

## Narrative

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

ADVISE OUT OF FUEL, DITCHING IN OCEAN. NO TRACE OF PLANE OR OCCUPANTS FOUND. NATURE OF FLIGHT AND OWNER UNKNOWN.

## 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 MIA81DA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DA119), Sep 17, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N438SB), Cuba (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal

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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