Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-31-350 N3527E

26 March 1986 · Atlantic Ocean · Fatal

Summary

On 26 March 1986 at about 05:00 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N3527E was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 05:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-31-350
Registration
N3527E
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Miami → Freeport
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA86LA109

People

6 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
6 6 0 0 0

Probable cause

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 FAILED TO ARRIVE AT IT'S DESTINATION ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM MIAMI FL, TO WEST END, BAHAMAS. THE ACFT'S LAST REPORTED POSITION WAS 10 MILES WEST OF WEST END. THERE WAS NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE ACFT. U.S. COAST GUARD INITIATED SEARCH ON MARCH 26, 1986 & SUSPENDED SEARCH ON MARCH 28, 1986

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Piper PA-31 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
13 Feb 1986 Piper PA-31-1020
N41703
Panama City, Florida, United States - No injuries -
30 Oct 1986 Piper PA-31-325
N200GG
Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States
no coordinates
- Serious injuries -
4 Jul 1986 Piper PA-31-350
N4109E
Barrow, Alaska, United States - No injuries -
18 Sep 1986 Piper PA-31-310
N707HB
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Northland Aviation, Inc. No injuries -
21 Feb 1986 Piper PA-31-325
N111MM
St. Louis, Missouri, United States - No injuries -
29 Aug 1986 Piper PA-31-T1
N284MC
Montgomery, New York, United States - Fatal 1

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