# Incident 19811230088429I: Piper PA23250, St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico, December 30, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico
- Airport: St Barthelemy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VAIA
- Aircraft: N38216, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38216-1994-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 240 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811230088429I

## Narrative

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

LANDED AFTER HEAVY RAIN. HYDROPLANED AND OVERRAN END OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N38216 (3)

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

- [Incident 19940418022899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940418022899I), Apr 18, 1994: Piper PA23250 (N38216), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Departed with only 10 gallon of fuel. Ran out of fuel, landed gear up in open area.
- [Incident 19841122072389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841122072389I), Nov 22, 1984: Piper PA23250 (N38216), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Damage unknown. As pilot attempted to start second engine it caught fire due to flooding.
- [Incident 19810312028709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810312028709I), Mar 12, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N38216), St Barthelemy, WI, Minor damage. Right brake locked during landing roll. Tire blew, gear collapsed resulting in veer off runway and prop damage.

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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