# Accident 20200919019569A: Piper PA-31-350, Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 19, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2020, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ISCA
- Location: 26.1191° N, 80.1299° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1191&lon=-80.1299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N257SH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N257SH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,290 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200919019569A

## Narrative

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

PIPER PA-31-350, N257SH, SERIAL NUMBER 31-8052121, ON A CHARTER FLIGHT WITH FAA 135 CERTIFICATE NO. ISCA092F, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^., WITH 1 PILOT AND 7 PASSENGER ON BOARD DEPARTING FREEPORT BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MYDF) BOUND FOR FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE). PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL CRASH LANDING ON GRASS AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY 09 AND TAXIWAY HITTING MULTIPLE TAXIWAY SIGNS. AIRCRAFT SUSTAIN DAMAGE TO NOSE WHEEL, NOSE CONE AND BOTH ENGINE IMPACTING SOFT SAND.  N257SH OWNED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, INC., FROM SARASOTA, FLORIDA AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR PILOT.

## 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 ERA20LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA331), Sep 19, 2020: Piper PA31 (N257SH), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue to the…

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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