ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34591
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Date: | Tuesday 17 May 1983 |
Time: | 09:00 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140 |
Owner/operator: | Manuel Antonio Molina |
Registration: | N8235N |
MSN: | 28-25442 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Near South Bay , FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Miami, FL (OPF) |
Destination airport: | La Belle, FL (X41) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACFT & WAS USING IT TO COMMUTE ON A WEEKLY BASIS BETWEEN HIS RESIDENCE IN HIALEAH & LA BELLE WHERE HE WORKED AS AN ACFT MECHANIC. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN A CANAL AFTER A FLORIDA FISH & GAME OFFICIAL BECAME SUSPICIOUS WHEN HE OBSERVED SOME SMALL DEBRIS HANGING FROM A POWERLINE. VFR WX PREVAILED IN MIAMI DURING THE 0830 DEPARTURE. HOWEVER, A WITNESS AT THE LA BELLE airport STATED THAT AFTER 0700 FOG COMPLETELY COVERED THE airport & VISIBILITY WAS DOWN TO 30 FT. THE WIND THEN PICKED UP AROUND 1000 & BETWEEN 1030 & 1100 THE WIND BLEWTHE FOG AWAY. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X43072 Revision history:
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