- Date
- June 28, 1992, 11:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place
- St. Thomas
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59LDPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920628022049A
- Case key
- 33104
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Probable cause
In-flight fire for undetermined reasons, and in-flight collision with the water.
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
Shortly after takeoff, the plt contacted the tower & advised of an engine fire. The flt was cleared to return but the acft crashed aprx 5 miles west of the arpt. The acft was recovered several days after the accident & examination revealed that the fire was near the left engine area. The left engine was not recovered. On April 29, 1992, the left engine fuel servo was removed & an overhauled unit was installed. There were no further entries in the left engine logbook. No determination could be made as to the reason for the fire or the origin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59LD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7405249
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Caribbean Air Carrier, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Caribbean Air Carrier, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1992
- Destination
- X95 · Fajardo, PR
- Airport
- STT · Cyril E. King
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STT, 5 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.