19821005053159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Lake Placid, FL · October 5, 1982

Date
October 5, 1982 · 21:30 local
Place
Lake Placid, FL
Airport
Placid Lakes
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N13785
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA83FA006
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
900 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.

The aircraft hit powerlines during a night flight and continued on to ditch in a lake. Illegal drugs onboard.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HIT POWERLINES DURING A NIGHT FLIGHT AND CONTINUED ON TO DITCH IN A LAKE. ILLEGAL DRUGS ONBOARD.

NTSB investigation

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