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Date: | Tuesday 5 October 1982 |
Time: | 21:45 |
Type: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
Owner/operator: | Douthit Aircraft Sales and Leasing |
Registration: | N13785 |
MSN: | 27-4439 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2495 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lake Placid, FL -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTING MARIJUANA AND DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROAD LANDING AT LAKE PLACID COLLIDED WITH WIRES WHICH DAMAGETHE LANDING ASSEMBLY. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON TO NORTH ABOUT 4 MILES AND DITCHED IN A LAKE. THE AIRCRAFT SANK WITH BOTH OCCUPANTS AND CARGO. CAUSE:
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020917X04904 El Informator 10 October 1982, p10A
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
24-Apr-2018 07:35 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Damage] |
29-Oct-2019 21:47 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type] |