# Incident 19950218010379I: Piper PA32R301, Tampa, FL, February 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1995, 11:10 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Mac Dill Afb
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N81698, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81698) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 70 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950218010379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 18, 1995, AT 1110 EST, A PIPER, PA-32R, N81698, OWNED BY KASPER TRANSPORTATION, FLOWN BY MR. GERALD E. KASPER LANDED AT MACDILL AFB, FL, DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM DESTIN, FL (81J) TO PETER O'KNIGHT (TPE) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. MR. KASPER, THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH INSTRUMENT PRIVILEGE #3734040649, FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE CORRECT AIRPORT OF INTENDED LANDING AND THEREFORE LANDED AT MACDILL AFB ON FEBRUARY 18, 1995. MR. KASPER STATED THAT HE ACCEPTED A VFR APPROACH AND CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF AIRPORT AND CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN. UPON LANDING, DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD LANDED AT MACDILL AFB.

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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