Piper PA-23 N438SB

17 September 1981 · Cuba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 17 September 1981 at about 12:10 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N438SB was involved in an accident during in flight near Cuba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 September 1981 at 12:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Cuba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N438SB
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Unknown/Not Reported
Purpose of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Miami, Fl → Kingston, Jamaica
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2181

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	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

PLT TRANSMITTED 30MIN FUEL LEFT,80M W OF GUAT BAY.3MIN LTR PLT STD ENGS QUIT.INJURY INDX PRESUMED.

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 3-2181, 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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