Piper PA-28-181 N25626

Summary

On 18 August 1998 at about 04:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N25626, operated by Paul D. Baxter, was involved in an accident near Missing. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 August 1998 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Missing

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N25626

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Paul D. Baxter

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Matthew Town → Kingston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL98FAMS1

4 people 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 flight departed Matthew Town in the Bahama Islands, enroute to Kingston. At 1248, the pilot reported their position at Benet intersection, which is 15 miles from the western tip of the south claw of Haiti. The pilot was instructed to contact Norman Manley Tower in Kingston. No further radio contact was received from N25626. The flight never arrived at the destination airport. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a two-day air and sea search for the missing airplane. In addition to the air and sea efforts, the Government of Cuba was asked for assistance. Ramp checks were conducted at several airports along the intended route of flight. These efforts failed to locate the airplane. No aircraft wreckage debris was found on the sea. Satellite weather images taken at the approximate time N25626 checked in with Port-au Prince, and in the vicinity of Benet Intersection, revealed cloud cover over Benet intersection, possibly associated with convective activity. There were four life vests placed on the airplane when the flight initially departed Titusville, Florida.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.