Piper PA-31 N777AA

Summary

On 20 October 1982 at about 04:00 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N777AA, operated by Carib Air Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Missing Acft. 8 people were on board and 8 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 October 1982 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Missing Acft

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-31

Registration

N777AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Carib Air Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anguilla, B.v.i → St. Thomas, U.s

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA017

8 people died.

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

THE FLT DEPARTED ANGUILLA AT 0803 AST. AT 0805 THE PLT RADIOED ST. MAARTEN & FILED A VFR FLT PLAN TO ST. THOMAS. THE FLT PLAN SHOWED A DIRECT ROUTE OF FLT AT 4,500 FT MSL WITH A TIME ENROUTE OF 45 MIN. THE FLT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION. SEARCH EFFORTS WERE SUSPENDED ON 10/23/82 WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. PLTS FLYING IN THE AREA ON THE ACCIDENT DATE REPORTED THAT AT 0920 THERE WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NW FROM ST. MAARTEN TO THE ANTIGUA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD A BASE AS LOW AS 1,000 FT WITH CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAIN BELOW. THE ACFT DAMAGE & INJURIES ARE PRESUMED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.