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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32RT300 · Moca, Puerto Rico · March 31, 1982

Date
March 31, 1982 · 21:50 local
Place
Moca, Puerto Rico
Airport
Labadie
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N309MJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA82DA091
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Trying to land on an unlighted grass strip at night with a load of marijuana. Ran off strip into a sugar cane field

As the FAA filed it

TRYING TO LAND ON AN UNLIGHTED GRASS STRIP AT NIGHT WITH A LOAD OF MARIJUANA. RAN OFF STRIP INTO A SUGAR CANE FIELD

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.