- Date
- December 29, 1984, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N801BRPiper PA-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841229076099A
- Case key
- 31336
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
DelayedFactor
Initiated
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Analysis
About 5 hrs & 10 mins after departure, both engs failed due to fuel exhaustion at 11,000 ft aprx 40 miles from haiti. According to the plt, the acft was using more fuel than normal and the destn was changed accordingly. A short time after initiating the divert, both engs quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N801BR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-241
- Airframe hours
- 7,357
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1A5, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ready Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 22, 1983 · 220 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Destination
- MTPP · Port Au Prince, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,310 total · 235 in this make and model · 4,110 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.