Mooney M20J N4324H

Summary

On 11 December 1987 at about 15:29 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N4324H, operated by Pulfrey, Robert E., was involved in an accident near St Theresa, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 December 1987 at 15:29

Classification

Accident

Location

St Theresa, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N4324H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Pulfrey, Robert E.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Punta Gorda → Pine Hill

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88LA060

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLT AT 3000 FT SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ST. THERESA, FL OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO, THE PLT REPORTED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE ACFT WAS THEN DITCHED APRX 11 NAUTICAL MILES & 146 DEGREES FROM ST. THERESA, FL, NEAR A FISHING VESSEL. THE PLT & PASSENGER THEN EVACUATED THE ACFT & WERE TRANSPORTED TO LAND. THE ACFT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED THEREFORE NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE LOSS OF POWER REPORTED BY THE PLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.