- Date
- May 3, 1986, 15:01 local (19:01 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N246GPiper 601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860503015509A
- Case key
- 31621
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Analysis
Nearing completion of an international flt of nearly 5 hrs duration, the flt advised ATC they were low on fuel & would like vectors to the nearest arpt. The flt was unable to make the arpt & a forced ldg was made in the everglades aprx 6 mi from the arpt. An exam of the fuel lines to the eng servos revealed no fuel present. Aprx 55 gals of 100LL fuel, blue in color was found in the acft fuel tanks. Green fuel, 100/130 oct was found in the fuel sump the lowest point in the system. Fuel distributors in san salvador advised that only 100/130, green fuel, is available there. A security guard reported an airboat was near the acft during the night after the accident. The plt departed with approx 209 gals of fuel and would have been at or near fuel exhaustion after 5 flt hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N246G
- Reported as
- Piper 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P0351107
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Metro Egida Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985
- Departed
- MSSS · San Salvador, OF
- Destination
- OPF · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,298 total · 310 in this make and model · 3,196 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 6 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.