# Incident 19940116004639I: Piper PA34200T, Tampa, FL, January 16, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1994, 14:53 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Mac Dill Afb
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8493° N, 82.5212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACDILL AFB (MCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8493&lon=-82.5212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38406 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,050 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940116004639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N38406, PIPER PA-34-200, ON JANUARY 16,1994, DEPARTED COLUMBUS, GA (CSG) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN DESTINATION ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FL (PIE). N38406 WAS CLEARED BY ATCT FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9 @ PIE. DURING THE FINAL APPROACH PHASE, N38406 INFORMED THE CONTROL TOWER CONTROLLER THAT HE WANTED TO GO TO PETER O'KNIGHT AIRPORT (TPF) INSTEAD. A GO-AROUND WAS EXECUTED AND N38406 WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN VFR, INTURN A CONTROL HAND-OFF MADE TO TAMPA APPROACH CONTROL. VECTORS WAS OFFERED AND ACCEPTED. DURING THE RADAR VECTORS- PETER O'KNIGHT (TPF) WAS POINTED OUT TO THE PILOT, AND IN TURN THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT. A FREQUENCY CHANGE WAS APPROVED AND MADE BY N38406. N38406 ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED AT MACDILL AFB WITHOUT CLEARANCE OR AUTHORIZATION.

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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