- Date
- June 28, 1995, 01:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N25ATPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950628014789A
- Case key
- 37791
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Probable cause
Unknown.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Law enforcement personnel found the airplane crashed on the runway during the night. No one was located at the crash site. Law enforcement personnel recorded the airplane as having been stolen on their written report.
Factual narrative
On June 28, 1995, about 0130 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N25AT, registered to a private individual, operated by an unknown person, crashed on takeoff at the Orlando Country Airport, Orlando, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. It is not known if the pilot sustained any injuries. The flight originated about 2 minutes before the accident.
The Orlando Country Airport Manager stated she was asleep at her house on the airport when she heard an airplane engine start. A short time later the Orange County Sheriff Department called and informed her that an airplane had crashed on the airport. No one was located at the crash site. The Orange County Sheriff Department recorded the airplane as having been stolen on their written report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25AT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-3138
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Herrin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- X04
- Destination
- Unknown
- Airport
- XO4 · Orlando Country Airport, runway 33, 3,000 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 12 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.