Piper PA-34-200T N888MD

Summary

On 25 November 1986 at about 23:00 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N888MD was involved in an accident near Isabela. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 November 1986 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Isabela

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N888MD

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Aguadilla

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

MIA87LA036

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 ACFT WAS REPORTED MISSING WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM SAN JUAN PR TO AGUADILLA PR. THE PLTS LAST RADIO CONTACT WAS WITH AGUADILLA TOWER REQUESTING AN ALTERNATE ARPT TO LAND BECAUSE THEY WERE IN HEAVY RAIN. THE COAST GUARD INITIATED A SEARCH AND FOUND 2 SEATS, 4 SEAT CUSHIONS AND OTHER SMALL DEBRIS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE PLTS BROTHER AS COMING FROM THE MISSING AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.