Piper PA-25-260 N8576L

Summary

On 5 September 1983 at about 17:42 local time, a Piper PA-25-260 registered N8576L, operated by Francisco Jeremias, was involved in an accident near Quebradillas. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 September 1983 at 17:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Quebradillas

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-25-260

Registration

N8576L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Francisco Jeremias

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Aguadilla

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83LA221

1 person had minor injuries.

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

ON 9/4/83, THE PLT TOOK OFF FROM ARECIBO, PR ON A FLT OF APRX 26 MI TO AGUADILLA, PR. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE ENG LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION & THE PLT MADE A SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING ON A FARM AT QUEBRADILLAS, PR. THE ACFT WAS REFUELED, BUT DURING TAKEOFF THE NEXT DAY, IT COLLIDED WITH A TREE, THEN WENT OVER A CLIFF & CRASHED ON THE BEACH BELOW. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THE ACFT & HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACFT BE TRANSPORTED TO THE NEAREST ARPT BY A TRAILER, BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL. THE PLT THEN DECIDED TO TAKEOFF FROM THE FARM. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE OWNER'S ACCOUNT WAS THAT THE PLT HAD ORIGINALLY FLOWN THE PLANE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION & KNOWING THAT ONLY 5 GAL OF FUEL WAS ON BOARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.