# NTSB Accident MIA02FA048
> **Piper PA-31-350** · 2002-01-01 · Hollywood, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA02FA048
- **Event ID:** 20020107X00039
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-01-01
- **Location:** Hollywood, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 26.062778, -80.108886
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 4
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-31-350
- **Registration:** N3525Y
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** —
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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