ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26645
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 June 1983 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II |
| Owner/operator: | Gee & Jenson Inc t/a Beach Airways |
| Registration: | N831PC |
| MSN: | 31T-8020001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1442 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, off West Palm Beach, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Rock Sound International Airport, South Eleuthera, Bahamas (MYER) |
| Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida (PBI/KBPI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WHILE ON AN OVER WATER FLIGHT, BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER & THE PILOT DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT AT SEA. BEFORE DITCHING, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF FUEL, THE ATC CONTROLLER CONTACTED A US COAST GUARD HELICOPTER THAT WAS ON HIS FREQUENCY & REQUESTED ASSISTANCE. THE HELICOPTER WAS FLOWN TO THE DITCHING AREA & THE DOWNED PERSONNEL WERE RESCUED.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
FLUID..EXHAUSTION
FUEL SUPPLY..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND"
The wreckage of the Piper PA-31 "flipped over" as it sank into 120 feet of water (see link #4 for photos of the wreckage as it was in July 2012). Registration N831PC cancelled by the FAA on September 5, 1984.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA83LA151 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001214X43440&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=831PC
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1983/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-cheyenne-in-west-palm-beach/]
4. http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=148790
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Aug-2017 20:03 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2017 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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