# Accident 20050620015269A: Piper PA23250, Fort Pierce, FL, June 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2005, 11:10 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6886Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6886Y-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,830 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050620015269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MISSING AIRCRAFT - THE AIRPLANE WAS REPORTEDLY ENROUTE IFR FROM TREASURE CAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MYAT) IN THE BAHAMAS TO FORT PIERCE, FL (FPR) WHEN THE PILOT ADVISED MIAMI CENTER (MIA ARTCC) THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE PILOT DID NOT REPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSIONS FROM MIA ARTCC. THE AIRPLANE DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AT 1506 UCT (1106 LOCAL TIME) AT A MODE C INDICATED ALTITUDE OF 5,800 FEET, APPROXIMATELY 40 DME FROM PBI VORTAC ON THE 060 DEGREE RADIAL. THE COORDINATES OF THE LAST KNOWN RADAR FIX WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED TO BE 27 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 45.1 SECONDS NORTH, 079 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 58.3 SECONDS WEST. THE IFR-RATED PILOT WAS REPORTEDLY RETURNING HOME WITH FAMILY MEMBERS TO VERO BEACH, FL (VRB) VIA THE US CUSTOMS PORT-OF-ENTRY AT FPR AFTER SPENDING THE WEEKEND ON HIS BOAT IN TREASURE CAY. THERE WERE SEVERAL STORMS ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND IFR CONDITIONS REPORTEDLY PREVAILED. US COAST GUARD SEARCH & RESCUE OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED ON 6/21/05 AFTER NO EVIDENCE OF THE MISSING AIRPLANE OR ITS OCCUPANTS WAS LOCATED. NTSB CLASSIFIED THE LOCATION FOR THIS INVESTIGATION AS FORT PIERCE, FL SINCE THAT WAS THE PILOT'S INTENDED DESTINATION.

## 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 ATL05FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FAMS1), Jun 20, 2005: Piper PA-23 (N6886Y), Ft Pierce, FL, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into known thunderstorm activity that resulted in the loss of control and the subsequent collision with water. A factor was the controller's failure to provide the pilot…

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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