# NTSB MIA84LA214: Piper PA-24-260, N56JG, Espanola, FL, July 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1984, 00:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place: Espanola, FL
- Location: 29.5055° N, 81.3021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Espanola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5055&lon=-81.3021&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31163
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31163/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA214

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flt with inadqt en route/destn facilities - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - dispatch procedures - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WITHOUT FLT PLAN AND NO FLT HISTORY WAS FOUND ABANDONED IN A FIELD WITH 14 BALES OF MARIJUANA LOCATED IN AND AROUND THE WRECKAGE. NO OWNER OR PLT HAS BEEN LOCATED. CUSTOMS AGENTS TRACKING THE ACFT LOST CONTACT IN A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN DAYTONA AND SANFORD, FL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N56JG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56JG-2014-10-29), registration cancelled 2014-10-29, S/N 24-4201, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (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: 24-4201
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Brian Stinner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: UNKNOWN
- Destination: UNKNOWN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CRG, 40 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 19840727038969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840727038969A), Jul 27, 1984: Piper PA24260, Espanola, FL, Substantial damage. Marijuana laden aircraft found wrecked and abandoned. Dea had been following aircraft. Believe occupants bailed out

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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