# Accident 20020906031759A: Piper PA36300, Ft Lauderdale, FL, September 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59684, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59684-2013-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FAMS3) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906031759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 06, 2002, A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FROM FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KFXE), FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, TO ST. CROIX (YISX), VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE FLIGHT PLAN AS NOT ACTIVATED, HOWEVER, THE DEPARTURE WAS CONFIRMED BY THE CONTROL TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LAST OBSERVED SOUTH OF THE BIMINI ISLAND, BAHAMAS ON A SOUTHEAST BOUND ROUTE. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT ARRIVE TO ITS DESTINATION. THE PLANE IS MISSING AND PRESUMED DESTROYED AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, IS PRESUMED FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 MIA02FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FAMS3), Sep 6, 2002: Piper PA-36-300 (N59684), Missing, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The falure of the pilot to arrive at the intended destination for undetermined reasons. A finding in the investigation was the fact that clouds with tops to 44,000 feet were noted 38 miles south of…

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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