- Date
- February 2, 1991, 22:08 local (Feb 3, 1991, 03:08 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4749PPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910202001529A
- Case key
- 8371
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Probable cause
The pilot suffered a stroke and lost control of the airplane on final approach.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot suffered a stroke while on final approach for landing. The airplane went into an uncontrolled descent and crashed into a building.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4749P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-287
- Engine
- Lycoming O-520, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hester, Harry
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- LBT · Lumberton, NC
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FAY, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.