- Date
- May 14, 1987
- Place
- Missing, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N640CCPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870514022009A
- Case key
- 31913
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft failed to arrive at its destination on a flight from miami, FL to aruba, netherland antilles via andros is, great inagua & port au prince. According to a flt plan filed by the plt the acft carried enough fuel for 8 hours & 30 minutes of flt, along with a four man raft. After the flt departed miami no further radio contact was established. According to FAA personnel VFR conditions prevailed at the time of departure from miami. The U.S. Coast guard initiated a search for the Missing acft with negative results.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N640CC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 272544
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Victor Title
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Destination
- Aruba, OF
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,070 total · 950 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N640CC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.