Piper PA-32-301R N35590

Summary

On 3 January 1983 at about 00:30 local time, a Piper PA-32-301R registered N35590, operated by PRO Flight of Vero Beach, was involved in an accident near Near Vero Beach, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 January 1983 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Vero Beach, Florida, United States

Coordinates

27.6393, -80.3905

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-301R

Registration

N35590

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

PRO Flight of Vero Beach

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Statsboro → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA83LA056

Nobody was 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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREE TOPS DURING A NIGHT FLIGHT BUT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS ON APPROACH TO FORT PIERCE AIRPORT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HOWEVER ACCORDING TO SOME WITNESSES WHO WERE FISHING, A DARKENED ACFT CAME OVER THEIR POSITION IN A REMOTE AREA ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF VERO BEACH AND CLIPPED THE TOPS OF CYPRESS TREES. CYPRESS TREE DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN THE WING OF THE DAMAGED ACFT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STATE THE RUNWAY HE WAS USING AT FT. PIERCE WHEN QUESTIONED LATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.