OKEECHOBEE, FL, USA
N567V
PIPER PA-23-250
THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND A FRIEND WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AT ABOUT 2115 LOCAL TIME. THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ATTACKED AND ROBBED WHILE HITCH-HIKING. ON THE NEXT MORNING, THE OWNER'S AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WHERE IT HAD CRASHED ON AN AIRSTRIP. THE PLANE HAD STRUCK EIGHT TREES BEFORE IT HAD CRASHED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND IN THE DOWN POSITION. CANNABIS WAS FOUND NEAR THE WRECKAGE. THE COCKPIT AND FUSELAGE WERE THE ONLY PART OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT HAD BURNED. TWO PLASTIC MILK JUGS WITH THE ODOR OF A FLAMMABLE LIQUID WERE FOUND SITTING ON THE LEFT ENGINE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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