Piper PA-25-235 N8773L
24 March 1985 · Everglades, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 March 1985 at about 13:00 local time, a Piper PA-25-235 registered N8773L was involved in an accident near Everglades, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Everglades, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 25.4905, -80.5105
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-25-235
- Registration
- N8773L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Homestead → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA85LA130
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 ACFT WAS ON A FLT OVER THE EVERGLADES AT APRX 500 FT AGL, WHEN THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH & DECREASED TO ABOUT 1200 RPM. DURING A FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT FUEL SYSTEM BURST BEFORE THE ACFT CAME TO REST & A FIRE ERUPTED. THE PLT EXITED THE ACFT & ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. HE THEN WALKED FOR ABOUT 6 HRS THRU THE EVERGLADES PARK BEFORE BEING RESCUED. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE & WAS ABANDONED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 1985 | Piper PA-25-235 | Morton, Texas, United States | Noel Crow | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1985 | Piper PA-25-235 | Palisade, Nebraska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Apr 1985 | Piper PA-25-235 | Dexter, Missouri, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 1985 | Piper PA-25-235 | Morton, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Nov 1985 | Piper PA-25-235 | Holland, Michigan, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 1985 | Piper PA-25-260-C | Ordway, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,925 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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