Piper PA-23-250 N5627Y

Summary

On 11 February 1983 at about 17:41 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N5627Y, operated by Collins M. Ketcham, was involved in an accident near San Juan. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 February 1983 at 17:41

Classification

Accident

Location

San Juan

Nearest airport

Isla Grande (SIG)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N5627Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Collins M. Ketcham

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Netherland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA072

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO THE ARPT & LAND. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE ACFT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING ALTITUDE & WAS FLYING WITH THE NOSE 'UP AND DOWN.' THE TOWER CONTROLLER STATED THAT THE ACFT DIDN'T SEEM TO GET ANY HIGHER THAN 300 FT AT ANY TIME. THE ACFT THEN LANDED HARD ABOUT 500 FT FROM THE APCH END OF THE RWY, BOUNCED HIGH TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE IT CAME TO REST INVERTED ABOUT 3,500 FT FROM THE APCH END & 300 FT TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE ON A PARALLEL TAXIWAY WHERE IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE ACFT WAS ABOUT 435 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WEIGHT &THE CG WAS 1.3 INCHES AFT OF THE REAR LIMIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.