# Accident 19811019068309A: Piper PA28161, Myrtle Beach, SC, October 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1981, 15:55 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7104° N, 78.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-78.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2951D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2951D-1983-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82DA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811019068309A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CALLED ATC ADVISING APPROXIMATE POSITION AND THAT HE WAS OUT OF GAS AND GOING DOWN INTO WATER. NO TRACE FOUND

## 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 ATL82DA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA010), Oct 19, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2951D), Myrtle Beach, SC, 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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