# Accident 19880118000849A: Piper PA32260, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 18, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1988, 15:20 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FDOA
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4818S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4818S-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 107 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880118000849A

## Narrative

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

SWITCHED FUEL ON FINAL, ENGINE QUIT. LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF ON CLIFF AT EDGE OF RUNWAY LANDING.FUEL MISMANAGEMENT

## 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 MIA88LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA089), Jan 18, 1988: Piper PA-32-260 (N4818S), San Juan, PR, substantial 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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