# Accident 19900418011919A: Piper PA38112, Marco Island, FL, April 18, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1990, 15:49 local time
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Airport: Duda Airstrip Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9320° N, 81.7048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marco Island, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9320&lon=-81.7048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91309, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91309-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 82 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900418011919A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES RAN OUT OF FUEL ON FINAL FOR LANDING. STALLED, IMPACTED SHORT OF RUNWAY IN GULF WATERS OFFSHORE.

## 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 MIA90FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA106), Apr 18, 1990: Piper PA-38-112 (N91309), Marco Island, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO IMPROPER PLANNING & DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN WHILE MANEUVERING FOR A FORCED LANDING.

## Other reports on N91309 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890822057059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890822057059I), Aug 22, 1989: Piper PA38112 (N91309), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Noise after takeoff. Returned. Aircraft veered left on touchdown. Left landing gear departed. Bolt had sheared off.
- [Incident 19880310016379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880310016379I), Mar 10, 1988: Piper PA38112 (N91309), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Left main gear and strut separated from aircraft on rollout. No hard landings. Left strut bolt to wing had broken.

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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