- Date
- December 27, 1986, 18:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N84136Piper PA-34
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861227072319A
- Case key
- 31744
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pvt plt had been cleared for 27R ILS apch and was on the localizer at 1,600 ft when the controller noticed the acft north of the localizer course and in a right turn headed east. The controller querried the plt as to his heading and the plt replied, 'east, which was to go?'. The flt was then given a turn so as to avoid another acft on the apch which the accident acft was approaching head-on. The plt never acknowledged any further radio transmissions and shortly thereafter, the acft dropped off radar and crashed into the atlantic in 800 ft of water. The newly rated multi-engine plt had been advised by his CFI not to conduct any night IFR or flt into heavy IFR conditions until he gained more IFR experience. The wx conditions were night IFR with rain, heavy turbulence and thunderstorms in the area. Neither the acft nor occupants were recovered from the ocean.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84136
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8133174
- Airframe hours
- 1,010
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alley Cassetty Coal Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1986 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- AMG · Alma, GA
- Destination
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale Int'L
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 20 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 9 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.