# Accident 19830601021999A: Piper PA31T, Palm Beach, FL, June 1, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1983, 13:40 local time
- Place: Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6948° N, 80.0419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6948&lon=-80.0419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N831PC-1984-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,239 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830601021999A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL OFFSHORE. DITCHED IN OCEAN. FAILED TO ASCERTAIN SAFE FUEL SUPPLY FOR THE IFR FILED FLIGHT.

## 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 MIA83LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA151), Jun 1, 1983: Piper PT 6A-28 (N831PC), W. Palm Beach, 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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