Piper PA-23-250 N6687Y

Summary

On 7 December 1995 at about 09:08 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N6687Y was involved in an accident near Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 December 1995 at 09:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

19.9692, -155.2407

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N6687Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakland → Kahului

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI96FA048

1 person died.

the pilot falling asleep at the controls due to fatigue. Factors were: the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation and the dark night.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot planned for an overwater flight of about 13-1/2 hours to arrive at the intended destination at darkness. Initially, the flight was in radio contact with the required hourly position reports. For the last 5 hours of the flight, no radio contact or reports were received although repeated attempts were made by air traffic control. The flight lasted for approximately 15 hours prior to impact 90 nautical miles southeast of the intended destination, in the jungle on the Island of Hawaii. Subsequent examination of the airplane found that the airplane was in cruise flight at the time of the accident, and no mechanical anomalies were found. A post mortem examination of the pilot revealed no evidence of preaccident pathological conditions which would render the pilot incapable of piloting the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.