Piper PA-24-250 N5284P

Summary

On 2 December 1982 at about 05:00 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N5284P, operated by Thayer, William H., was involved in an accident near Ocean City, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 December 1982 at 05:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ocean City, Maryland, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N5284P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Thayer, William H.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shippenville → Leonardtown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

ATL83FA049

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 PILOT AND PASSENGER BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR OCEAN CITY, MD. BOTH PERSONS HAD DIED OF DROWNING WITHOUT SERIOUS TRAUMATIC INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RECOVERED. LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WERE REPORTEDIN THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING. ACCORDING TO A MEDICAL EXAMINER'S ESTIMATE, THE OCCUPANTS HAD BEEN IN THE WATER ABOUT SIX HOURS WHEN THEY WERE FOUND AT 2314 EST. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED FOR INSTRUMENT FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.