Piper PA-23-250 N567V

Summary

On 10 January 1982 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N567V was involved in an accident near Okeechobee, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 January 1982 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Okeechobee, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Lowery Davis

Coordinates

26.5301, -80.1891

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N567V

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

MIA82DA032

2 people were seriously injured.

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 AIRCRAFT OWNER AND A FRIEND WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AT ABOUT 2115 LOCAL TIME. THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ATTACKED AND ROBBED WHILE HITCH-HIKING. ON THE NEXT MORNING, THE OWNER'S AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WHERE IT HAD CRASHED ON AN AIRSTRIP. THE PLANE HAD STRUCK EIGHT TREES BEFORE IT HAD CRASHED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND IN THE DOWN POSITION. CANNABIS WAS FOUND NEAR THE WRECKAGE. THE COCKPIT AND FUSELAGE WERE THE ONLY PART OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT HAD BURNED. TWO PLASTIC MILK JUGS WITH THE ODOR OF A FLAMMABLE LIQUID WERE FOUND SITTING ON THE LEFT ENGINE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.