Accident · 2002-01-01

NTSB case MIA02FA048 · Piper PA-31-350 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2002-01-01
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (N3525Y)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Air Taxi Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Air Taxi Inc.

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate planning for a Title 14 CFR Part 135 on-demand air taxi flight, and his failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion while en route over the Atlantic Ocean, a power off glide, and ditching in the ocean.

Source: NTSB case MIA02FA048

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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