Piper PA-31-350 accident near Orlando, FL

On November 12, 1993, a Piper PA-31-350 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Orlando, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

November 12, 1993

Place

Orlando, FL

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350 · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

28.551°N, 81.299°W

NTSB ID

20001211X13773

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 12, 1993, about 0629 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-31-350, N27687, registered to Cherokee Leasing, Inc., operated by Cherokee Express, crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff from the Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, Florida. The flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 135 as a nonscheduled, domestic, cargo flight, call sign Blue Max 500. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed for the flight to Tampa, Florida. The airplane was destroyed by a postcrash fire and the pilot was fatally injured. One house was fire damaged and one of the two occupants received minor injuries. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. Before takeoff the airplane was loaded with checks and bank documents and the pilot-in-command did not complete the required load manifest nor did she leave a copy with the company as required by the FAA approved company operations manual. At 0622.49, Blue Max 500 was cleared to taxi to runway 7. While taxiing to takeoff, the accident airplane passed in front of another airplane which gave the other pilot an unobstructed view of the left side of the Blue Max 500 airplane. The pilot stated that he observed "a lot" of black smoke trailing from the exhaust of the left engine. He further stated that the Blue Max 500 airplane was at the runup area for about 1-2 minutes, but he couldn't hear whether the pilot had performed an engine runup of each engine before departure. His attention was diverted and he did not witness the takeoff roll or accident. At 0626.28, t

Probable cause

WAS IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL FOR FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN VMC SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FROM THE LEFT ENGINE DUE TO PARTIAL BLOCKAGE OF SEVERAL OF THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES. ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS WEIGHT AND BALANCE EXCEEDED BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE BY THE COMPANY AND BY THE FAA

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.