Piper PA-23-250 N5815Y

Summary

On 16 October 1985 at about 16:30 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N5815Y, operated by Homer L. Ingram, was involved in an accident near Pensacola, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 October 1985 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Olf Saufley (NUN)

Coordinates

30.4710, -87.3304

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N5815Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Homer L. Ingram

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pensacola → Pensacola

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86FA012

1 person 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

AFTER TAKEOFF ACFT HEADED TO DESTINATION ARPT LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH. WHEN APRX TWO MILES OUT, THE PLT TURNED BACK TO THE DEPARTURE ARPT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE ACFT WAS IN A SHALLOW DESCENT, LOW AND FAST WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND EXPLODED ABOUT 1400 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. THE CABIN DOOR WAS FOUND ABOUT 40 FT IN FRONT OF THE FUSELAGE. NEITHER THE HANDLE NOR THE LOCK PLUNGER WERE IN THE 'LOCKED' POSITION. EXAM OF AIRFRAME, POWERPLANTS, PROPS, FLIGHT CONTROLS AND FUEL SYSTEMS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. A VIAL CONTAINING 'TOLINASE' 250 MG TABLETS WAS FOUUND AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. A PHYSICIAN STATED HE HAD TREATED THE PLT SINCE 1978 FOR VARIOUS ILLNESSES INCLUDING A HISTORY OF GLYCOSURIA AND, AS RECENTLY AS JUNE 1985, HAD PRESCRIBED THREE TABLETS OF 'TOLINASE' A DAY. 14 CFR 61.53 PROHIBITS THE OPERATION OF ACFT AT ANY TIME MEDICATION IS REQUIRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.