Piper PA-28-180 N7926N

Summary

On 28 November 1988 at about 22:46 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7926N, operated by Adderley, Edward, was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 November 1988 at 22:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic Ocean

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7926N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Adderley, Edward

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lantana → W End, Bahamas

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA89LA046

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 STUDENT PILOT CONTACTED IFSS AT MIAMI, FL AND FILED AN INTL FLIGHT PLAN TO THE BAHAMAS. HE DID NOT REQUEST A WEATHER BRIEFING AND NONE WAS GIVEN. THE PILOT LATER CONTACTED CONTROLLERS AND STATED THAT HE WAS IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE. CONTROLLERS ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE HIM ON RADAR BUT BY THE TIME THEY FOUND HIM AND ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HIM HE DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND NO FURTHER CONTACTS WERE MADE. THE WX OBSERVATION WAS RECORDED AT 1750 EST AT THE WEST PALM BEACH AIRPORT. NO RECORD OF ANY FLIGHT TIME WAS LOCATED BUT PERSONNEL AT THE LANTANA AIRPORT STATED THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THE STUDENTS INSTRUCTOR PILOT, A BAHAMIAN CITIZEN, HAD ENDORSED THE PILOTS STUDENT CERTIFICATE FOR FLIGHTS TO AND FROM WEST END, BAHAMAS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.