# Incident 19971031031569I: Piper PA28181, St Petersburg, FL, October 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1997, 10:47 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82895, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82895-2000-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971031031569I

## Narrative

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

DAY AIR FLYING ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF RWY AND WENT INTO WATER, ACFT HAS SUBST DAMAGE ST. PETERSBURG, FL. (-23) ENROUTE SPG-RSW, PILOT RETURNED TO SPG DUE TO AN INOPERATIVE, AIRSPEED INDICATOR. PILOT MADE A LONG LANDING HALFWAY ON RUNWAY 18 SKIDDING/HYDROPLANING AT AN ANGLE ON THE WET RUNWAY. THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL BUT FELT HE HAD INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED FOR A ROTATIONAL GO-AROUND. AS A RESULT, THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLARE NOSE-UP AND DITCH APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET INTO THE BAY, OFF THE SOUTH END OF RUNWAY 36.

## Other reports on N82895 (1)

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

- [Accident 19941221044079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941221044079A), Dec 21, 1994: Piper PA28181 (N82895), Sarasota-Brand, FL, Substantial damage. Fuel starvation turning base. Landed on a road. Struck a sign. Had flown non stop from key west.

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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