# Incident 19910316021609I: Piper PA34200, Key West, FL, March 16, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1991, 16:10 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15478, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15478-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910316021609I

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT CAUGHT IN RISING CLOUD DECK. MIAMI APPROACH CONTROL ASSISTED TO VFR LANDING.

## Other reports on N15478 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990401002889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990401002889A), Apr 1, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N15478), Tallahassee, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft took off, climbed to approximately 200 feet MSL. Turned right, rolled over, and crashed 500 feet west of the departure end of rwy 18, the pilot had…

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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