Piper PA-28-151 N44759

Summary

On 26 March 1988 at about 12:39 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N44759 was involved in an accident near Terra Ceia, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 March 1988 at 12:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Terra Ceia, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N44759

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Petersburg → Key West

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88LA129

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 ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLT, THE PLT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE POINT DUE TO 'BAD WEATHER.' HE LATER ADVISED TOWER PERSONNEL WHEN THE FLT WAS 10 MILES SOUTH, INBOUND FOR LANDING. THE PLT WAS GIVEN LANDING INFORMATION AFTER WHICH HE REPORTED A LOSS OF RPM WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT. THE PLT DITCHED THE ACFT BUT WAS PICKED UP BY A COAST GUARD VESSEL. VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT BUT THE VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 5 MILES BECAUSE OF HAZE & FOG. THE TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT SPREAD WAS 67/66 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO AN ADVISORY CIRCULAR IF THE TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN 20 & 70 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITH VISIBLE MOISTURE OR HIGH HUMIDITY, THE PLT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CARBURETOR ICE. THE FIRST INDICATION OF THIS IS LOSS OF RPM. THE ACFT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.