- Date
- June 5, 1990, 00:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Caribbean Sea
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7202FPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900605019049A
- Case key
- 32670
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Probable cause
Undetermined
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was enroute from st. marten, neitherlands antillies, to st. croix, U.S. Virgin islands, and never arrived at its destination. A search was conducted for the airplane and pilot with negative results. The airplane is missing and is presumed to be destroyed and the pilot is presumed to have sustained fatal injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7202F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25109
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pomeroy, Mary T.
- Registered owner
- Pomeroy Mary T
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TNCM · St. Maarten, OF
- Destination
- KSTX · St. Croix
- 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
- 76
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TNCM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.