19871109063499A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · St Petersburg, FL · November 9, 1987

Date
November 9, 1987 · 21:52 local
Place
St Petersburg, FL
Airport
Albert Whitted Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82811
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA031
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
126 total30 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Touched down downwind on a unlighted runway. Ballooned over a seawall at end of runway and landed in tampa bay.

As the FAA filed it

TOUCHED DOWN DOWNWIND ON A UNLIGHTED RUNWAY. BALLOONED OVER A SEAWALL AT END OF RUNWAY AND LANDED IN TAMPA BAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.