Piper PA-28-161 N43253

Summary

On 19 February 1988 at about 01:11 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N43253 was involved in an accident near Stuart, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 February 1988 at 01:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Stuart, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N43253

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft Lauderdale → Stuart

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA88LA109

3 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

BFR DEPG AT NGT WITH NO FLT PLAN, NON-INST RATED PLT WAS ADZD OF PSBL CLDS FORMING AT A LOW LVL. EN ROUTE, HE GOT RADAR FLT FLWG. APCHG HIS DESTN, HE GOT VCTRS & ALT CHGS TO AVOID WX & OTR ACFT. AT 2001:04, RADAR SVC WAS TRMTD WITH PALM BCHAPCH CTL TO CONT VFR TO STUART ARPT. AT 2001:24, AFTER CTCG STUART TWR, THE PLT RCVD LNDG INSTRNS. AT 2004:10, HE SAID HE COULDN'T FIND THE ARPT & HAD CLDS AHEAD. AT 2005:45, HE SAID HE WAS IN CLDS & WAS CLIMBING TO 2500'. AT 2008:05, HE CHGD BACK TO APCH CTL FREQ & RPRTD HAVING A PRBLM WITH WX & REQUESTED HELP. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE WANTED, HE REPLIED: 'TURNAROUND SOUTHBOUND.' AT 2008:43, THE CTLR RPRTD RADAR CTC, 10 MI SOUTH OF STUART & ASKED (TWICE) ABT HIS INTENTIONS; BOTH TIMES, THE PLT ASKED FOR SOUTHBOUND HDG. AT 2009:01, CTLR GAVE HIM A 180 DEG VCTR & TOLD HIM TO MAINT VFR; THE PLT REPLIED HE WAS NOT VFR & SUBSEQUENTLY ASKED IF THE CTLR WANTED HIM TO CLMB. CTLR ADZD HE COULD CLIMB AT HIS DISCRETION, BUT HE (THE CTLR) COULDN'T REALLY TELL HIM WHAT TO DO; SOON THEREAFTER, CTC WITH ACFT WAS LOST & IT CRASHED IN THE OCEAN

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.