Incident
Shortly after takeoff, the pilot radioed that he had a problem. Air traffic control cleared him to land on any runway. The pilot responded, "... I don't think I can make that (airport), I see the highway below." The airplane then landed at an angle to the southbound lanes of Interstate Highway I-95. During the landing, it struck a guard rail and the center cement barriers.
Investigation
Examination of the wreckage revealed that the fuel selector was positioned to the left main fuel tank. Pieces of ice were removed from the left main fuel tank, the fuel selector valve, and the fuel strainer sediment bowl. The airplane was last refueled on October 27, 1991, with 53.9 gallons of 100 octane fuel. No record was found to indicate that the airplane had been flown since that refueling.