Piper PA-23-250 N619MP

Summary

On 8 June 1983 at about 11:23 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N619MP, operated by Erica Deloris Dabbaa, was involved in an accident near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 June 1983 at 11:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.1891, -80.1006

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N619MP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Erica Deloris Dabbaa

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Lauderdale → West Palm Beach

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA158

1 person 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

DURING FLT, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE BEACH & OUT OVER THE OCEAN. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT OVER THE OCEAN, THE SKY WAS DARK & THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING WITH HEAVY LIGHTNING. AS THE ACFT CROSSED THE BEACH, A DISTINCT ENG SOUND WAS HEARD & IT INCREASED AS THE ACFT BANKED STEEPLY TO THE RIGHT & NOSED DOWN TO A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT STRUCK THE WATER WHILE IN A 75 TO 90 DEG DIVE, WITH THE ENGS AT HIGH RPM. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT & SANK IN THE OCEAN. THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED, BUT DIVERS VERIFIED THAT IT WAS N619MP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.