# NTSB MIA83FA158: Piper PA-23-250, N619MP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1983, 07:23 local (11:23 UTC)
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Coordinates: 26.189088, -80.100593 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1891&lon=-80.1006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30786
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83FA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30786/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA158

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - weather condition - thunderstorm
  - weather condition - lightning
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## Analysis

DURING FLT, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE BEACH & OUT OVER THE OCEAN. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT OVER THE OCEAN, THE SKY WAS DARK & THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING WITH HEAVY LIGHTNING. AS THE ACFT CROSSED THE BEACH, A DISTINCT ENG SOUND WAS HEARD & IT INCREASED AS THE ACFT BANKED STEEPLY TO THE RIGHT & NOSED DOWN TO A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT STRUCK THE WATER WHILE IN A 75 TO 90 DEG DIVE, WITH THE ENGS AT HIGH RPM. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT & SANK IN THE OCEAN. THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED, BUT DIVERS VERIFIED THAT IT WAS N619MP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N619MP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N619MP-2013-04-26), registration cancelled 2013-04-26, S/N 27-3413, built 1966 (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 TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-3413
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Erica Deloris Dabbaa
- Registered owner: Donald A. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 15, 1982
- Departed: FLL, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Destination: PBI, WEST PALM BEACH, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 216 total, 10 in this make and model, 17 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FLL, 5 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 19830608023469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830608023469A), Jun 8, 1983: Piper PA23250, Ft Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft was observed flying across the beach and then banking steeply and diving into ocean one mile east of beach

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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