Piper PA-31-350 N4499B

Summary

On 6 September 1984 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N4499B, operated by Jeffrey A. Miller, was involved in an accident near Marathon, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 1984 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Marathon, Florida, United States

Coordinates

24.7101, -81.0803

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N4499B

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Jeffrey A. Miller

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

MIA84LA250

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 COAST GUARD WAS ALERTED TO A DITCHED ACFT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR MARATHON, FL. THE CG FOUND THE WRECKAGE OF A PA-31 AND 27 BALES OF MARIJUANA IN AND AROUND THE WRECKAGE. TWO MEN IN A LIFE RAFT, WHOSE COVER WAS STILL IN THE ACFT, WERE ARRESTED. ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE ACFT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.