Piper PA-23-250 N5103Y

Summary

On 3 February 1985 at about 09:00 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N5103Y was involved in an accident near Key Largo, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 February 1985 at 09:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Key Largo, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.0805, -80.4409

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N5103Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA85FA089

2 people 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

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND SANK NOSE FIRST INTO 15 FEET OF WATER. ON IMPACT THE 25 BALES OF MARIJUANA LOCATED IN THE CABIN OF THE AIRCRAFT SHIFTED FORWARD AND PINNED THE PILOT AND PASSENGER IN THE AIRCRAFT. NO USABLE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT AND NO FUEL WAS REPORTED TO HAVE LEAKED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE DESTINATION OR ORIGIN OF THE FLIGHT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.