# NTSB MIA95LA166: Piper PA-23-250, N25AT, Orlando, FL, June 28, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1995, 01:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37791
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA95LA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37791/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA166

## Probable cause

UNKNOWN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undetermined, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25AT-2013-09-12), registration cancelled 2013-09-12, S/N 27-3138, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-3138
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19950628014789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950628014789A), Jun 28, 1995: Piper PA23250, Plymouth, FL, Substantial damage. Stolen aircraft crashed on airport after lift off. Pilot left scene. Unknown.

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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