19951031041599A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Isla De Vieques, Puerto Rico · October 31, 1995

Date
October 31, 1995 · 15:00 local
Place
Isla De Vieques, Puerto Rico
Airport
Vieques Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
IN9A
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N250HP
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL96FA010
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4

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.

On climbout nose baggage door opened. Reduced power. Stalled. Rolled. Dived into ocean. Test flight from storage.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMBOUT NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED. REDUCED POWER. STALLED. ROLLED. DIVED INTO OCEAN. TEST FLIGHT FROM STORAGE.

NTSB investigation

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