N7926N
PIPER PA-28-180
THE STUDENT PILOT CONTACTED IFSS AT MIAMI, FL AND FILED AN INTL FLIGHT PLAN TO THE BAHAMAS. HE DID NOT REQUEST A WEATHER BRIEFING AND NONE WAS GIVEN. THE PILOT LATER CONTACTED CONTROLLERS AND STATED THAT HE WAS IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE. CONTROLLERS ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE HIM ON RADAR BUT BY THE TIME THEY FOUND HIM AND ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HIM HE DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND NO FURTHER CONTACTS WERE MADE. THE WX OBSERVATION WAS RECORDED AT 1750 EST AT THE WEST PALM BEACH AIRPORT. NO RECORD OF ANY FLIGHT TIME WAS LOCATED BUT PERSONNEL AT THE LANTANA AIRPORT STATED THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THE STUDENTS INSTRUCTOR PILOT, A BAHAMIAN CITIZEN, HAD ENDORSED THE PILOTS STUDENT CERTIFICATE FOR FLIGHTS TO AND FROM WEST END, BAHAMAS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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