- Date
- February 6, 1989, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Missing Acft (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6834JPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890206026589A
- Case key
- 32510
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to commit suicide. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's interpersonal relations and his psychological condition.
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 aircraft and a student pilot are reported Missing. The student pilot's car was found at the operator facility and a suicide note was found at his house. The pilot had recently broken up with his girlfriend. He had been talking about suicide for several years. Injury and damage index presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6834J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287615370
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Krause, Colleen, doing business as N. Florida Flight Center, Inc.
- Registered owner
- North Florida Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 30, 1989
- Departed
- Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- Atlantic Ocean, AO
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 1 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.