Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

St Theresa, Florida
Friday, December 11, 1987 9:29 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WHILE IN CRUISE FLT AT 3000 FT SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ST. THERESA, FL OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO, THE PLT REPORTED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE ACFT WAS THEN DITCHED APRX 11 NAUTICAL MILES & 146 DEGREES FROM ST. THERESA, FL, NEAR A FISHING VESSEL. THE PLT & PASSENGER THEN EVACUATED THE ACFT & WERE TRANSPORTED TO LAND. THE ACFT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED THEREFORE NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE LOSS OF POWER REPORTED BY THE PLT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/11/1987
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 929
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City ST THERESA
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID NONE
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 955 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 264
Weather Observation Facility ID AAF
Elevation of weather observation facility 20
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 41
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 6
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 90
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2145
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 11 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1214
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 35735
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 3:03PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4324H
NTSB Number MIA88LA060
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name MOONEY
Aircraft Model M20J
Aircraft Series Identifier M20J
Aircraft Serial Number 240705
Certified Max Gross Weight 2740
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 21 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 33
Airframe Hours 638
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name PULFREY, ROBERT E
Aircraft Owner Street Address 270 DELIDO CT
Aircraft Owner City PUNTA GORDA
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33950
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name PULFREY, ROBERT E.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 270 DELIDO CT
Operator City PUNTA GORDA
Operator State FL
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 33950
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code PGD
Departure City PUNTA GORDA
Departure State FL
Departure Country
Departure Time 830
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code 71A
Destination City PINE HILL
Destination State AL
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --