- Date
- March 31, 1982, 21:50 local (Apr 1, 1982, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Moca, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N309MJPiper PA-32R
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820331006799A
- Case key
- 71737
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailableFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The pilot landed on an unlighted grass strip at night with a load of marijuana. During the landing, the plane continued off the strip and into a sugar cane field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N309MJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7780352
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Fernando Ruiz
- Registered owner
- Warrior Leasing Corp
- Destination
- Charlotte Amali
- Airport
- PR05 · Labadie
N309MJRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2003 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.