Piper PA-23-250 N21ML

Summary

On 24 June 1985 at about 21:50 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N21ML, operated by Robert L. Harris, was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 June 1985 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic Ocean

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N21ML

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Robert L. Harris

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Ft.lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA85LA198

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 PLT REPORTED THAT DURING AN OVERWATER FLT, A FIRE BEGAN IN THE FRONT SECTION OF THE ACFT WHILE HE WAS CRUISING AT 10,500 FT. HE RADIOED HIS POSITION ON THE EMERGENCY FREQ (121.5 MHZ) & SQUAWKED AN EMERGENCY CODE (7700) ON HIS TRANSPONDER. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE DITCHED THE ACFT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN & WAS RESCUED BY THE COAST GUARD ABOUT 4 HRS LATER. THE ACFT SANK IN THE OCEAN & WAS NOT RECOVERED; THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE PLT SUSPECTED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.