# Accident 19871002058419A: Piper PA23250, Everglades City, FL, October 2, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1987, 06:10 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3RP-1991-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,025 total, 240 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871002058419A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL PROBABLY DUE TO DISORIENTATION WITH NO GROUND LIGHTS FOR REFERENCE. HIGH SPEED IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA88FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA001), Oct 2, 1987: Piper PA-23-250 (N3RP), Everglades City, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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