Piper PA-28-181 N4319N

Summary

On 20 April 1992 at about 12:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N4319N, operated by Whitehurst, David E., was involved in an accident near Missing. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 April 1992 at 12:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Missing

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N4319N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Whitehurst, David E.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Inverness → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

MIA92FAMS1

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 PLT & ACFT WERE SEEN ON 4/19/92 AT THE INVERNESS ARPT, INVERNESS, FLORIDA, AT 1300 EDT. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT LOCATED DURING A RAMP SEARCH THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 0900. THE ACFT WAS NOT SEEN DEPARTING. THE PLT WAS REPORTED MISSING THE MORNING OF THE 20TH BY HIS SECRETARY. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED THE FOLLOWING DAY BY THE CAP BUT CALLED OFF 3 DAYS LATER BY THE AIR FORCE RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER (AFRCC) LOCATED IN ILLINOIS, DUE TO POSSIBLE CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT. THE PLT ADVISED HIS FATHER THAT A CONTRACT WAS OUT TO KILL HIM. HE ALSO HAD BEEN THREATENED. THE MISSING PLT WORKED FOR A COLLECTION AGENCY WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING WITH ANOTHER FIRM. HE ADVISED HIS FATHER HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE REPUTATION OF THE FIRM & WAS CONSIDERING BACKING OUT OF THE DEAL. THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED & IS PRESUMED TO BE DESTROYED. THE PLT IS PRESUMED TO BE FATALLY INJURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.