- Date
- October 5, 1982, 21:45 local (Oct 6, 1982, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13785Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821005053159A
- Case key
- 71329
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aircraft was transporting marijuana and during an attempted road landing at Lake Placid collided with wires which damagethe landing assembly. Aircraft continued on to north about 4 miles and ditched in a lake. The aircraft sank with both occupants and cargo.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13785
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4439
- Airframe hours
- 2,495
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douthit Aircraft Sales And Lea
- Destination
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.