- Date
- January 10, 1982
- Place
- Okeechobee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N567VPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72082
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Analysis
The aircraft owner and a friend were taken to a hospital emergency room with serious injuries at about 2115 local time. They stated that they had been attacked and robbed while hitch-hiking. On the next morning, the owner's aircraft was found where it had crashed on an airstrip. The plane had struck eight trees before it had crashed. The landing gear was found in the down position. Cannabis was found near the wreckage. The cockpit and fuselage were the only part of the aircraft that had burned. Two plastic milk jugs with the odor of a flammable liquid were found sitting on the left engine.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N567V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27 2121
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert G. Hullett
- Airport
- Lowery Davis
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported