Nales fell out of Piper PA46 Thursday about eight miles southeast of Tamiami Airport with no parachute, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The search for his body went as far south as Turkey Point near Homestead.
The pilot was identified to NBC 6 South Florida as Felipe Fons, who received his commercial and instrument certifications when he attended Dean s International Aviation flight school at Tamiami Airport.
In the mayday call Fons made to air traffic controllers, he described the bizarre incident. I have a door ajar, and a passenger that fell down. I am six miles from Tamiami, he said.