# Accident 19841229076099A: Piper PA31, Jean Rabez, HA, December 29, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1984, 07:37 local time
- Place: Jean Rabez, HA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N801BR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,310 total, 235 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841229076099A

## Narrative

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

FUEL CONSUMPTION HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED, POSSIBLE FUEL LINE LEAKAGE. DITCHED 40 MILES WEST OF JEAN RABEZ, HAITI.

## 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 MIA85LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA070), Dec 29, 1984: Piper PA-31 (N801BR), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), 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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