# Accident 19850214038189A: Piper PA23, Everglades City, FL, February 14, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1985, 12:15 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Airport: Everglades
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3163P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3163P-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 6 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850214038189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT CLIMBING IN NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AFTER TAKEOFF OVER WATER STALLED AND CRASHED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA85FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA097), Feb 14, 1985: Piper PA-23 (N3163P), Everglades City, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N3163P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780824048859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780824048859I), Aug 24, 1978: Piper PA23160 (N3163P), Mccomb, MS, Minor damage. Gear could not be extended for landing. Landing gear handle had material failue.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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