# NTSB MIA82DA032: Piper PA-23-250, N567V, Okeechobee, FL, January 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1982
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.530092, -80.189079 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5301&lon=-80.1891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72082
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72082/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA032

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N567V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N567V-2014-10-29), registration cancelled 2014-10-29, S/N 27-2121, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27 2121
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1D5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert G. Hullett
- Airport: Lowery Davis

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported

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.

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