Piper PA-32-300 N4081R

Summary

On 26 February 1986 at about 04:00 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N4081R, operated by Cherokee Leasing, Inc., was involved in an accident near St. Cloud, 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

26 February 1986 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Cloud, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N4081R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cherokee Leasing, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft.lauderdale → Orlando

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

MIA86FA085

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

THE ACFT WAS ON A VFR FLT, THE WX WAS CLEAR WITH AN ALMOST FULL MOON WHEN THE ACFT CRASHED IN A FLD. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN AIRFRAME, FLT CONTROL SYSTEM, ENG OR PROPELLER MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. THE AUTOPSY & TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES REVEALED NO PRE IMPACT CONDITION OR ILLNESS THAT COULD HAVE ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE ABILITY OF THE PLT TO OPERATE THE ACFT. THE EVIDENCE INDICATED THAT THE ACFT CRASHED IN A SHALLOW FLIGHT PATH AT HIGH SPEED. THE PLT WORKED FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY DURING THE DAY & IN AIR TAXI OPERATIONS AT NIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.