19851109076609A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Sorrento, FL · November 9, 1985

Date
November 9, 1985 · 13:12 local
Place
Sorrento, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4862S
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA86FA028
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540E4B5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total65 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Knew the day before that the vacuum pump was broken. Flew into clouds, lost control, had inflight airframe breakup.

As the FAA filed it

KNEW THE DAY BEFORE THAT THE VACUUM PUMP WAS BROKEN. FLEW INTO CLOUDS, LOST CONTROL, HAD INFLIGHT AIRFRAME BREAKUP.

NTSB investigation

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