# Accident 19950530014589A: Piper PA28151, Honolulu, HI, May 30, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1995, 09:00 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3401° N, 157.9406° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3401&lon=-157.9406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6243J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6243J-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950530014589A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ROUGH ENGINE ON APPROACH. QUIT. CRASHED IN OCEAN. NO RECORD SUFFICIENT FUEL PURCHASED FOR FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX95LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA199), May 30, 1995: Piper PA-28-151 (N6243J), Honolulu, HI, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion resulting from pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning for the over water flight.

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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