# Accident 19950408007359A: Piper PA28160, St Petersburg, FL, April 8, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1995, 09:11 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6296° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5718W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5718W-1996-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 97 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950408007359A

## Narrative

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

STALLED ON APPROACH. IMPACTED RESIDENCE ROOF. FELL TO GROUND MINUS A WING. PILOT ACTIONS PRIOR INDICATES CONFUSION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA95FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA100), Apr 8, 1995: Piper PA-28-160 (N5718W), St. Petersburg, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO EXTEND WING FLAPS AND MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHILE ON APPROACH TO LAND RESULTING IN AN INADVERTENT STALL, SPIN, AND UNCONTROLLED DESCENT UNTIL COLLISION WITH A RESIDENCE AND…

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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