Piper 601P N246G

Summary

On 3 May 1986 at about 19:01 local time, a Piper 601P registered N246G was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 May 1986 at 19:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.7105, -80.5798

Aircraft

Piper 601P

Registration

N246G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Salvador → Miami

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA145

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

NEARING COMPLETION OF AN INTERNATIONAL FLT OF NEARLY 5 HRS DURATION, THE FLT ADVISED ATC THEY WERE LOW ON FUEL & WOULD LIKE VECTORS TO THE NEAREST ARPT. THE FLT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE ARPT & A FORCED LDG WAS MADE IN THE EVERGLADES APRX 6 MI FROM THE ARPT. AN EXAM OF THE FUEL LINES TO THE ENG SERVOS REVEALED NO FUEL PRESENT. APRX 55 GALS OF 100LL FUEL, BLUE IN COLOR WAS FOUND IN THE ACFT FUEL TANKS. GREEN FUEL, 100/130 OCT WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SUMP THE LOWEST POINT IN THE SYSTEM. FUEL DISTRIBUTORS IN SAN SALVADOR ADVISED THAT ONLY 100/130, GREEN FUEL, IS AVAILABLE THERE. A SECURITY GUARD REPORTED AN AIRBOAT WAS NEAR THE ACFT DURING THE NIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT DEPARTED WITH APPROX 209 GALS OF FUEL AND WOULD HAVE BEEN AT OR NEAR FUEL EXHAUSTION AFTER 5 FLT HRS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.