# Accident 19880630025219A: Piper PA32R300, Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, June 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1988, 17:55 local time
- Place: Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N75033, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75033-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 124 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880630025219A

## Narrative

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

LOUD CLANKING NOISE AND OIL ON WINDSHIELD WHEN ENGINE QUIT. DITCHED IN THE OCEAN AND AIRCRAFT SANK. PERSONS RESCUED

## 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 MIA88LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA210), Jun 30, 1988: Piper PA-32R-300 (N75033), 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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