# Incident 19950305003239I: Piper PA24260, Lake Wales, FL, March 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1995, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Chalet Suzanne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9203° N, 81.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Wales, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9203&lon=-81.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9025P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9025P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 621 total, 391 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950305003239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 5, 1995, AT 0930 EST, A PIPER PA-24, N9025P, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. BRUCE M. BERKOWITZ VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING A LANDING AT THE CHALET SUZANNE AIRPORT NEAR LAKE WALES, FLORIDA, STRUCK A SMALL FRUIT TREE, TURNED SIDEWAYS, AND COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, BUT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PILOT MR. BRUCE M. BERKOWITZ, HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING NO. 110469697. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA ON MARCH 5, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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