- Date
- September 6, 1984
- Place
- Marathon, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4499BPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840906059659A
- Case key
- 31191
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The coast guard was alerted to a ditched acft in the atlantic ocean near Marathon, FL. The CG found the wreckage of a PA-31 and 27 bales of marijuana in and around the wreckage. Two men in a life raft, whose cover was still in the acft, were arrested. Attempts to reach the registered owner of the acft were unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4499B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7552105
- Engine
- Lycoming TIGO-541-E1A, 425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey A. Miller
- Registered owner
- Aero Consulting Corporation
- Departed
- Unknown
- Destination
- Unknown
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
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.