Piper PA-24-260 N9094P

Summary

On 28 November 1983 at about 21:45 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N9094P, operated by Alfred C. Irby, was involved in an accident near Kathleen, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 November 1983 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Kathleen, Florida, United States

Coordinates

28.2308, -82.0706

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-260

Registration

N9094P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Alfred C. Irby

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas → Winter Haven

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84FA036

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 ACFT IMPACTED IN A SWAMPY AREA IN A FAST DIVE WHICH SEPARATED ABOUT 6 FT OF THE LEFT WING. THE ACFT WAS BEING VECTORED ON RADAR WHEN IT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO STEER ERRATICALLY AND GO OFF THE RADAR SCOPE. THE PLT HAD RADIOED THAT HE 'MUST HAVE GONE OVER SOME ELECTRONIC INTERFERENCE THAT TUMBLED MY GYROS AND SCREWED UP MY COMPASS'. HIS INSTRUMENTS WERE NOT ELECTRONIC BUT VACUUM OPERATED FROM THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP. DISASSEMBLY OF THE PUMP AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT FAILURE. THE FORECAST FOR THE AREA WAS 2000 TO 3000 BROKEN WITH OVERCAST OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1000 FT WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND FOG. THE LAKELAND, FL 1650 WX OBSERVATION REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS NORTH. LAKELAND IS 10 MI SOUTH OF THE CRASH SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.