Piper PA-32-301 N81701

Summary

On 27 April 1984 at about 12:27 local time, a Piper PA-32-301 registered N81701, operated by Carl H. Peltzer, was involved in an accident near Marco, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1984 at 12:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Marco, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-301

Registration

N81701

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Carl H. Peltzer

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Key West → Fort Myers

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA154

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

THE FLT DEPARTED FORT MYERS, FL AT 0550 & ARRIVED AT KEY WEST, FL AT 0655. THE FLT THEN DEPARTED KEY WEST AT 0710 FOR THE RETURN FLT. AT 0722, THE PLT REPORTED TO ARTCC THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING ENG FAILURE & COULD GET NO FUEL PRESSURE. THE ACFT WAS DITCHED 29 MI SOUTH OF MARCO, FL IN THE GULF MEXICO. THE PLT STATED THAT ON DEPARTURE FROM FORT MYERS, HE ESTIMATED HE HAD 40-50 GALS OF FUEL USING THE COCKPIT GAGES.HE DID NOT CHECK THE MECHANICAL GAGES IN THE WINGS, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED & CALIBRATED ON 3/6/84. THE PLT, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY FLOWN THE ACFT, ESTIMATED THERE WAS ABOUT 20 GALS OF FUEL ON BOARD WHEN HE PARKED THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS NOT REFUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTING FORT MYERS OR AT KEY WEST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.