PLAQUEMINE, LA, USA
N6500Y
CESSNA 210N
THE ACFT WAS FOUND BY A HUNTER CRASHED IN A HEAVILY WOODED SWAMP AREA APRX 10 MONTHS AFTER THE ACDNT. THE SOLE BODY FND WAS BEYOND A CONDITION OF TESTING FOR TOXICOLOGY OR AUTOPSY. THE BODY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PLT WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THE OWNER OF THE WRECKED ACFT ON THE MORNING OF 1/10/84 IN BATON ROUGE, LA. WHEN THE PLT DID NOT SHOW UP THE ACFT OWNER PROCEEDED TO THE BABIN ARPT AND DECLARED THE PLT MISSING ON 1/12/84 & STATED THAT HIS ACFT WAS STOLEN. THE ACFT & FLT WERE THE OBJECT OF A SEARCH FROM 1/12 TIL 1/27. THE ACFT WAS ACCIDENTLY FOUND ON 11/16/84. THE WX ON THE ACDNT NITE WAS POOR AND CLASSED AS IMC WITH LOW CEILING OF 200 FT & VIS 3 MILES IN FOG. THE ACFT CRASHED ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT ON A WESTERLY HEADING. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PLT WAS SEEN DRINKING IN TWO LOUNGES PRIOR TO FLT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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