Piper PA-32-300 N77QT

Summary

On 13 October 1982 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N77QT, operated by Early Bird Coporation, was involved in an accident near Near St. Croix. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 October 1982 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Near St. Croix

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N77QT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Early Bird Coporation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Christiansted → San Juan

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA83LA012

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT DEPARTED ST CROIX, VI AT ABOUT 2000 LOCAL TIME ON A VFR FLIGHT TO SAN JUAN, PR. THE WEATHER WAS VFR, BUT IT WAS A DARK NIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT ITS DESTINATION AND A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE ST CROIX VOR, FLOATING DEBRIS WAS FOUND WHICH INCLUDED A SEAT, ONE MAIN GEAR, SOME INSULATION PANELS AND THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE RECOVERED PARTS SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE OCEAN WATER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.