- Date
- November 27, 1985, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dorado, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4444PPiper PA-23-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31549
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that after a brief local flight he was returning to isla grande arpt when he experienced a loss of power in both engines & made a forced landing on the beach near Dorado puerto rico. Post crash examination of the wreckage revealed that the two main fuel tanks were empty & the aux tanks contained only a negligible amount of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4444P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-1963
- Airframe hours
- 8,850
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B3B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Victor Santiago
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SIG · Isla Grande, PR
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 250 in this make and model · 435 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 24 nm away
Other investigations on N4444P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.