- Date
- February 5, 1982, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- 120 Nm Sse Of M, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1306HPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820205004279A
- Case key
- 69621
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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
At about 1216 the pilot of a Cessna 402, N69400, heard N1306H announce on the radio that he was 100 miles south of bimini and had 15 minutes of fuel remaining. The captain of American airlines flight 603 heard the pilot state that he was going in and he immediately heard an ELT. He also heard the pilot of another aircraft telling miami center that he saw a brown life raft with two persons aboard. A coast guard search failed to find any evidence of the wreckage or the occupants. The search was suspended on 2/10/82. On 2/15/82 a life raft washed ashore near palm beach,FL with the body of the pilot aboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1306H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 7716014
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold M. Shaft
- Registered owner
- Harold M. Shaft
- Departed
- Crooked Island
- Destination
- Ft. Pierce, FL
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 120 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.