Piper PA-23 N6403Y

Summary

On 21 October 1983 at about 21:17 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N6403Y, operated by Phillip M. Bueter, was involved in an accident near Gulf of Mexico. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 October 1983 at 21:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Gulf of Mexico

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23

Registration

N6403Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Phillip M. Bueter

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA015

Nobody was injured.

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 ACFT WAS DITCHED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO BEFORE FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT SAID HE DEPARTED AN ARPT NEAR GREAT INAGUA,BAHAMAS IN VMC WEAHTER. HE REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION OF THE COMPASS AND FEARING FUEL EXHAUSTION HAD MADE TWO PASSES AROUND A FREIGHTER BEFORE DITCHING ACROSS HER BOW. THE ACFT SANK BUT THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE RESCUED. A LATER REPORT FROM U.S. CUSTOMS IN MIAMI REVEALED THAT THEY SPOTTED THIS ACFT FLYING 100 FT ABOVE THE WATER NEAR CUBA. THEY FOLLOWED IT TO GREAT INAGUA ISL THEN ON TO A POINT SOUTH OF ANDROS IS IN THE BAHAMAS. THE FLT THEN PROGRESSED TO MARATHON AND KEY WEST BEFORE FLYING OUT OVER THE GULF TO DITCH. THE INITIAL DEPARTURE POINT, DESTINATION AND FLT PURPOSEWERE NOT DETERMINED. THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE ACFT SAID HE HAD RECENTLY SOLD THE ACFT. THE IDENTITY OF THE NEW OWNER WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.