# Incident 19940418022899I: Piper PA23250, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1994, 13:52 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VAIA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38216, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38216-1994-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,808 total, 400 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940418022899I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED  WITH ONLY 10 GALLON OF FUEL. RAN OUT OF FUEL, LANDED GEAR UP IN OPEN AREA.

## Other reports on N38216 (3)

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

- [Incident 19841122072389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841122072389I), Nov 22, 1984: Piper PA23250 (N38216), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Damage unknown. As pilot attempted to start second engine it caught fire due to flooding.
- [Incident 19811230088429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811230088429I), Dec 30, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N38216), St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Landed after heavy rain. Hydroplaned and overran end of runway.
- [Incident 19810312028709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810312028709I), Mar 12, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N38216), St Barthelemy, WI, Minor damage. Right brake locked during landing roll. Tire blew, gear collapsed resulting in veer off runway and prop 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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