- Date
- May 17, 1981
- Place
- Grand Cayman, Burkina Faso · GRAND CAYMAN,BWI, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35803Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810517029299A
- Case key
- 125171
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1595 81/5/17 NR.GRAND CAYMAN,BWI PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1753 N35803 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 34, 11500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2220 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAKELAND,FL GAND CAYMAN,BWI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DITCHED APRX 7MI FM DESTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35803
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N35803Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2012 · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.