Piper PA-32 N9637C

2 February 1981 · Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 2 February 1981 at about 12:18 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N9637C was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 February 1981 at 12:18
Classification: Accident
Location: Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N9637C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0277

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

REPORTED LOW ON FUEL, DITCHING.ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0277, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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8 Aug 1981	Piper PA-32 N8165H	Butler, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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4 May 1981	Piper PA-32 N8999N	Gillette, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Sunrise Aviati	Fatal	1
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All 1,695 records for this type

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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.