# Accident 19811229084499A: Piper PA28140, St Augustine, FL, December 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1981, 14:45 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7114R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7114R-1993-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 672 total, 672 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82DLA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DLA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811229084499A

## Narrative

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

OFF COURSE OVER OCEAN, ON TOP. RAN OUT OF FUEL. DITCHED IN OCEAN. FAILED TO CHECK EN ROUTE WEATHER.

## 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 MIA82DLA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DLA06), Dec 29, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N7114R), St.Augustine, 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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