# NTSB MIA92FAMS1: Piper PA-28-181, N4319N, Missing, April 20, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1992, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Missing
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA92FAMS1
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32996/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92FAMS1

## Probable cause

UNDETERMINED.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Missing aircraft, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT & ACFT WERE SEEN ON 4/19/92 AT THE INVERNESS ARPT, INVERNESS, FLORIDA, AT 1300 EDT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT LOCATED DURING A RAMP SEARCH THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 0900.  THE ACFT WAS NOT SEEN DEPARTING.  THE PLT WAS REPORTED MISSING THE MORNING OF THE 20TH BY HIS SECRETARY.  A SEARCH WAS INITIATED THE FOLLOWING DAY BY THE CAP BUT CALLED OFF 3 DAYS LATER BY THE AIR FORCE RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER (AFRCC) LOCATED IN ILLINOIS, DUE TO POSSIBLE CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT.  THE PLT ADVISED HIS FATHER THAT A CONTRACT WAS OUT TO KILL HIM.  HE ALSO HAD BEEN THREATENED.  THE MISSING PLT WORKED FOR A COLLECTION AGENCY WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING WITH ANOTHER FIRM.  HE ADVISED HIS FATHER HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE REPUTATION OF THE FIRM & WAS CONSIDERING BACKING OUT OF THE DEAL.  THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED & IS PRESUMED TO BE DESTROYED.  THE PLT IS PRESUMED TO BE FATALLY INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4319N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4319N-2013-06-07), registration cancelled 2013-06-07, S/N 28-8490009, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8490009
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Whitehurst, David E.
- Registered owner: Rolls Axle Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 2000
- Departed: X40, INVERNESS, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 80 total, 41 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920420014189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920420014189A), Apr 20, 1992: Piper PA28181, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Last seen on ramp at inverness Florida. Became missing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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