Piper PA-28-181 N6505C

Summary

On 17 April 1987 at about 08:35 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N6505C, operated by American Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Florida City, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 April 1987 at 08:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Florida City, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.2704, -80.6295

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N6505C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

American Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Key West → Brooksville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA87FA135

1 person 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 STUDENT PLT HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED BY HIS CFI TO CONDUCT A SOLO X-COUNTRY TRAINING FLT UNDER DAYTIME VFR CONDITIONS. HE DEPARTED KEY WEST AT 0330 EDT ON THE RETURN PORTION OF THE FLT. NEITHER HIS CFI NOR HIS EMPLOYER COULD OFFER AN EXPLANATION FOR THE 15 HR DELAY IN DEPARTING. WITNESSES, WHO SAW THE PLT BEFORE TAKEOFF, BELIEVED HE WAS INTOXICATED. ABOUT 45 MIN AFTER TAKING OFF, THE ACFT CRASHED & BURNED IN THE EVERGLADES. ALTHO THE WX WAS CLEAR, THE ACDNT OCCURRED ON A DARK NIGHT IN A SPARSELY POPULATED AREA WITH FEW GROUND LIGHTS. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE IN A STEEP, INVERTED ATTITUDE. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. TESTS OF THE PLT'S BLOOD & URINE SHOWED ALCOHOL LVLS OF 0.25% & 0.32%, RESPECTIVELY. EVIDENCE OF MARIJUANA WAS DETECTED IN HIS URINE, BUT NONE WAS FOUND IN HIS BLOOD. A MED EXAMINER RPRTD HE HAD ISSUED THE STUDENT A CLASS III MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ON 6/23/86, BUT HE HAD MOVED SINCE THEN & COULD NOT LOCATE THE MED RECORDS. THE FAA RECORD CENTER HAD NO RECORD OF THE MED EXAM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.