# NTSB MIA82DA157: Piper PA-28R-201T, N505HP, West Of Cross C, FL, July 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 5, 1982, 19:01 local (23:01 UTC)
- Place: West Of Cross C, FL
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73007/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA157

## Sequence of events

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

- Missing aircraft, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

AT ABOUT 1605 CDT, THE PILOT ACTIVATED HIS VFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM NASHVILLE, TN TO VENICE, FL. AT 1813, THE PILOT CONTACTED TALLAHASEE FSS AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SARASOTA, FL. THIS WAS THE LAST KNOWN RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIRCRAFT. A RADAR CONTROLLER AT JACKSONVILLE CENTER OBSERVED A TRACK ALONG AIRWAY V-97 THAT MATCHED THE PILOT'S INTENDED ROUTE. HOWEVER, THE PILOT WAS NOT IN RADIO CONTACT WITH JACKSONVILLE CENTER. LATER, A COMPUTER READOUT OF THE RADAR INFORMATION SHOWED THAT THE FLIGHT PATH AND ALTITUDE OF THE ASSUMED AIRCRAFT BECAME ERRATIC AS IT CONTINUED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. IT CONTINUED TO THE VICINITY OF LICKS INTERSECTION WHERE IT DISAPPEARED FROM THE RADAR IN AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  THE CAP INITIATED A SEARCH WHICH WAS CONTINUED UNTIL 7/11/82 WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE PRESUMED DECEASED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N505HP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505HP-1982-09-21), registration cancelled 1982-09-21, S/N 28R-7703045, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (registry code 7102813) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7703045
- Airframe hours: 1610
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360F 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Michael L. King
- Registered owner: Tulsa Pilots Club, Inc.
- Departed: BNA, NASHVILLE, TN
- Destination: VNC, VENICE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 250 total, 11 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Dusk
- Temperature: 183 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH, 50 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820705062609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820705062609A), Jul 5, 1982: Piper PA28R201T, Cross City, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft disappeared on flight from nashville to sarasota, FL. Thunderstroms in area at time of disappearance.

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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