- Date
- November 15, 1982
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N163KTAero Commander 680
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821115066759A
- Case key
- 69918
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft had been object of an airborne pursuit by U.S. Customs at about 1830 in the vicinity of Belle Glade. During the pursuit the acft door & 15 bales of a controlled substance were observed being jettisoned from the acft. After landing the acft was set on fire. Injury index is presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N163KT
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6836955
- Engine
- Lycoming GSO-480-81AG, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Rashiz Investment Corp.
- Registered owner
- Rashiz Investment Corp.
- Airport
- Seminole Sugar Corp.
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.