Piper PA-60-601P N956AF

Summary

On 17 February 1996 at about 05:00 local time, a Piper PA-60-601P registered N956AF, operated by Roger Dunbar, was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 February 1996 at 05:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic Ocean

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-60-601P

Registration

N956AF

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Roger Dunbar

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Swainsboro → Hilton Head Is

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA96LA175

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 pilot had departed Swainsboro, Georgia at 1930 EST on an IFR flight. About 12 minutes later, he informed Jacksonville Center that he was very dizzy and could not see. There were no other recorded transmissions from the pilot. The airplane was tracked on radar until radar contact was lost at 2130. The airplane was at a heading of 110 degrees and an altitude of 9,000 feet the entire time. Attempts to locate the airplane by aerial intercept were uneventful. All shipping vessels along the airplane's expected course, were notified of the airplane's estimated fuel exhaustion point. No contact was reported and the search was suspended. Prior to departing Swainsboro, the pilot had mentioned to his wife that he had a headache. A review of the pilot's medical records revealed that he had twice indicated on his application for a medical certificate that he had a medical history of unconsciousness. In addition, he was being treated for hypertension with Norvasc and chlorthalidone prescription drugs.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.