Piper PA-23-250 N4599P

Summary

On 19 March 1986 at about 01:30 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N4599P, operated by John C. Griffin, was involved in an accident near Ft. Pierce, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 March 1986 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft. Pierce, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N4599P

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

John C. Griffin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Augustine → Miami

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA86LA099

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 PLT STATED THAT WHILE SWITCHING TANKS, HIS FUEL SELECTOR FROZE UP & BOTH ENG'S FAILED. UPON LANDING, THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE SEVERING A WING. THE NTSB FORM 6120.1 THAT WAS SENT TO THE PLT WAS RETURNED, IT STATED THAT THE ADDRESSEE MOVED & LEFT NO ADDRESS. A RECORDS CHECK WITH OKLAHOMA CITY REVEALED THAT NO PILOT OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS EVER ISSUED TO THE PLT IN COMMAND OF THIS ACFT, A CONVERSATION WITH THE FAA EXAMINER WHO'S NAME WAS ON THE TEMPORARY AIRMAN CERTIFICATE THAT WAS IN THE PLT'S POSSESSION REVEALED THAT NO CHECK RIDE WAS GIVEN TO THE PLT OF THIS ACFT ON THAT DATE. A CHECK OF THE FAA MEDICAL EXAMINERS MANUAL REVEALED THAT THE NAME LISTED ON THE PLT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS NOT LISTED AS AN FAA MEDICAL EXAMINER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.