Piper PA-31 N35803

17 May 1981 · Grand Cayman, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 17 May 1981 at about 17:53 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N35803 was involved in an accident during in flight near Grand Cayman, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 May 1981 at 17:53
Classification: Accident
Location: Grand Cayman, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-31
Registration: N35803
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Lakeland, Fl → Gand Cayman, Bwi
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1595

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

DITCHED APRX 7MI FM DESTN.

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 3-1595, 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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All 680 records for this type

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3 Dec 1981	Bell 206B N5006Y	Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.