# Accident 19990813012019A: Piper PA28140, Hollywood, FL, August 13, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 13, 1999, 17:44 local time - Place: Hollywood, FL - Airport: North Perry Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Descent - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 26.0309° N, 80.2393° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0309&lon=-80.2393&mi=10 - Aircraft: N754AR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N754AR-2012-06-18) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140 - Reported engine: LYC O320E2A - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 2 - Pilot flight hours: 350 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA224) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990813012019A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT LOST POWER ON TAKE-OFF AND CRASHED INTO A HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE ARPT ON 72ND AVENUE, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON AUGUST 13, 1999, ABOUT 1734 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-140, N754AR, REGISTERED TO RUBIN & RUBIN PA, CRASHED INTO A HOUSE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE HOUSE SUSTAINED FIRE AND IMPACT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE EARLIER. THE PILOT ADDED 37.5 GALLONS OF 100 LOW LEAD FUEL TO THE FUEL TANKS AT 1545 LOCAL, AND ACCORDING TO A COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION TAPE FROM THE NORTH PERRY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT), THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 9R. ACCORDING TO A PILOT-RATED WITNESS STANDING OUTSIDE HANGARS LOCATED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE DEPA RTURE END OF RUNWAY 09R, HE SAW THE AIRPLANE FLYING EASTBOUND ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN A SHALLOW CLIMB; THE WINGS WOBBLED. HE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED STEADY AND SMOOTH BUT HE DID NOT PERCEIVE IT TO BE OPERATING AT FULL RATED POWER. THE AIRPLANE FLEW OVER THE FENCE THAT BORDERS THE EAST PORTION OF THE AIRPORT AND NOTED THAT THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE WAS LOWERED THEN OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A LEFT BANK. THE AIRPLANE THEN DISAPPEARED FROM HIS VIEW. ACCORDING TO ANOTHER WITNESS WHO IS AN AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC AND WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE AIRPLANE CRASHED, HE FIRST HEARD THE ENGINE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS SPUTTERING, AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING EASTBOUND ABOUT 100 FEET AGL. HE THEN OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE BANKING TO THE LEFT WHICH INCREASED TO A WINGS VERTICAL POSITION. THE AIRPLANE THEN DESCENDED, CRASHED INTO THE HOUSE, AND AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE OCCURRED 5-10 SECONDS AFTER THE IMPACT. (.4)THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS PARKED FOR AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF DAYS WITH LESS THAN FULL FUEL TANKS. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, 37.5 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE ADDED BEFORE DEPARTURE. A PILOT-RATED WITNESS REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE WAS LOWER THAN EXPECTED NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY; THE WINGS WERE ROCKING AND THE AIRPLANE WAS 'FLOATY'. A WITNESS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CRASH SITE WHO IS AN AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC REPORTED THE ENGINE WAS MISSING/STALLING, THE ANGLE OF BANK INCREASED TO 90 DEGREES BEFORE THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED AND CRASHED INTO A HOUSE LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA EAST OF THE AIRPORT. EXAMINATION OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND ENGINE POWER SECTION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION; THE CARBURETOR WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POSTCRASH FIRE. TESTING OF THE FUEL SOURCE REVEALED NO CONTAMINATION. THE SEALING SURFACE ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS CORROSION PITTED. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 WAY ON THE 'LEFT' POSITION; NO DAMAGE TO THE SHAFT WAS NOTED. FUEL STARVATION APPROXIMATELY 25-30 SECONDS AFTER FULL POWER APPLIED TO A 180 HORSEPOWER ENGINE WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED APPROXIMATELY AS FOUND W AS NOTED DURING TESTING. MARIJUANA AND ANTIDRESSANT MEDICATION WERE DETECTED IN BLOOD SPECIMEN OF THE PILOT, CONTRARY TO FEDERAL REGULATIONS. (-23) AFTER TAKE OFF AIRCRAFT BANKED LEFT AND CRASHED INTO A HOUSE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 9 RIGHT. WITNESS RAMON MIRANDA WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM CRASH HOUSE. 7050 S.W. 12TH ST. PEMBROKE PINES, FL. HE HAS BEEN AN AUTO MECHANIC FOR PAST 23 YEARS. ARRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK WHEN HE FIRST NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL ON ITS EAST HEADING AND HE HEARD THE ENGINE MISSING POPPING AND STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BANKED LEFT GOING OVER HIS HOUSE AT ABOUT 75 TO 100 FEET. NOW ON A WEST HEADING WITH THE WINGS VERTICAL THE AIRCRAT WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE HOUSE'S FRONT WINDOW. 5 TO 10 SECONDS LATER AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE. HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY SMOKE OR FIRE BEFORE AIRCRAFT HIT HOUSE. ## 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 MIA99FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA224), Aug 13, 1999: Piper PA-28-140 (N754AR), Pembroke Pines, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed and inadvertent stall of the airplane by the pilot-in-command resulting in the uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with a house. Contributing… 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. 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