# Accident 19991203046389A: Piper PA44180, Deland, FL, December 3, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1999, 10:20 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0603° N, 81.2293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0603&lon=-81.2293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3038N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3038N-2000-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991203046389A

## Narrative

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

(-23)A PIPER PA44-180, N3038N, WAS ON A VOR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT THE DELAND MUNICIPLA AIRPORT, DELAND, FLORIDA, AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE A PIPER PA28-161, N135ER. THE PA28 HAD JUST DEPARTED RUNWAY 5 AT THE DELAND AIRPORT.  BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE PA44 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WRECKAGE BY THE NTSB AND THE FAA FOUND NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE DAYTON BEACH AIRPORT, DAYTON BEACH, FLORIDA ON DECEMBER 3, 1999.

## 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 MIA00FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA041), Dec 3, 1999: Piper PA-44-180 (N3038N), Deland, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilot-in-command (PIC)/certified flight instructor (CFI) of both aircraft. Contributing factors in the accident were: 1) the frequency congestion of the CTAF 2)…

## Other reports on N3038N (1)

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

- [Incident 19901204062639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901204062639I), Dec 4, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N3038N), Flagstaff, AZ, Minor damage. Student inadvertently retracted gear before landing and landed gear up.

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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