# Accident 19991211037029A: Piper PA28161, Plant City, FL, December 11, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 11, 1999, 16:50 local time - Place: Plant City, FL - Airport: Plant City Municipal Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Final Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 28.0002° N, 82.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANT CITY (PCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0002&lon=-82.1633&mi=10 - Aircraft: N607FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N607FT) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991211037029A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON DECEMBER 11, 1999, ABOUT 1645 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-161, N607FT, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND A CESSNA 152, N48823, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY MITCHELL ENTERPRISES, INC., COLLIDED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND AT THE PLANT CITY AIRPORT, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT OF THE PIPER AIRPLANE, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT OF THE CESSNA AIRPLANE; NONE WAS REQUIRED. THE PIPER AND THE CESSNA AIRPLANES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE PIPER AIRPLANE WAS NOT INJURED. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND THE STUDENT PILOT OF THE CESSNA AIRPLANE ALSO WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT OF THE PIPER AIRPLANE ORIGINATED ABOUT 45 MINUTES EARLIER FROM THE MELBOURNE REGIONAL AIRPORT, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA. THE FLIGHT OF THE CESSNA AIRPLANE ORIGINATED ABOUT 15 MINUTES EARLIER FROM THE PLANT CITY AIRPORT, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA. THE PILOT OF THE PIPER AIRPLANE WAS ON THE FIRST LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT INTO THE PLANT CITY AIRP ORT. THE STUDENT PILOT OF THE CESSNA AIRPLANE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 10 AT THE PLANT CITY AIRPORT. THE PILOT OF THE PIPER AIRPLANE REPORTED THAT HE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 10 FROM A 45-DEGREE ENTRY, MAKING HIS RADIO CALL. HE REPORTED HEARING A PILOT IN A CESSNA AIRPLANE ANNOUNCE TURNING BASE TO FINAL FOR A FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 10. HE OBSERVED A CESSNA ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 10, ANNOUNCED HIS TURN TO BASE AND WHILE ON THE BASE LEG, OBSERVED A CESSNA LAND ON RUNWAY 10. HE ANNOUNCED HIS TURN ONTO FINAL APPROACH, AND OBSERVED THAT A CESSNA THAT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 10, TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY. HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND THEN HEARD AN UNIDENTIFIABLE COMMENT OVER THE RADIO. HE THEN FELT A "BUMP" AND NOTICED THAT CONTROL COLUMN INPUT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. HE NOTICED AFTER LANDING THAT HIS AIRPLANE WAS HIGHER THAN USUAL AND THEN NOTICED AFTER THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, THAT HIS AIRPLANE WAS ON TOP OF A HIGH WING AIRPLANE. HE SECURED THE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXITED THE AIRPLANE, AND OBSERVED THAT THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE CESSNA AIRPLANE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR OF THE CESSNA AIRPLANE, WITNESSES REPOR TED HEARING A PILOT IN HIS AIRPLANE ANNOUNCE THE LEGS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE STUDENT PILOT OF THE CESSNA AIRPLANE REPORTED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS REMAINING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PERFORMING SOFT FIELD LANDINGS. SHE WAS FLYING BEHIND ANOTHER CESSNA TYPE AIRPLANE AND AFTER THAT AIRPLANE TURNED ONTO FINAL, SHE TURNED ONTO THE BASE LEG. SHE STATED THAT AFTER SHE TURNED ONTO FINAL APPROACH, SHE COULD SEE THAT THE CESSNA THAT WAS AHEAD, WAS TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY. SHE CALLED THAT SHE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH AND HEARD THE PILOT OF ANOTHER AIRPLANE REPORT THAT BEING ON FINAL APPROACH AS WELL. SHE RESPONDED WITH THE CALL SIGN OF THE AIRPLANE AND "DO YOU SEE THIS CESSNA ON FINAL", TO WHICH THE PILOT RESPONDED YES. SHE CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND AFTER CROSSING THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED. HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. (-23) N607F, INBOUND TO RUNWAY 10, LANDED ON TOP OF ANOTHER A/C WHILE ON SHORT FINAL. THE A/C BECAME ENTANGLED AND THEY LANDED INTACT: INTANDEM. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N607FT (7) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20181120022771A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181120022771A), Nov 20, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N607FT), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Piper PA-28-161 aircraft N607FT with a student pilot after landing exited runway 9L at Miami Executive Airport (tmb) at taxiway A2 attempted to taxi around… - [Incident 20120904017939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120904017939I), Sep 4, 2012: Piper PA-28-161 (N607FT), Tamiami, FL, No damage. Pilot reported a strong vibration from the engine at 500 feet after takeoff. Vibration lasted for about one minute then settled down. Pilot elected to turn… - [Incident 20080311014199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080311014199I), Mar 11, 2008: Piper PA28161 (N607FT), Valkaria, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On March 11, 2008 at the Valkaria Florida airport aircraft N607FT, a Piper PA-28-161, owned by f.I.t. LLC. The pilot [privacy data omitted] held a… - [Accident 20041019028249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041019028249A), Oct 19, 2004: Piper PA28161 (N607FT), Valkaria, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot doing touch & go's at valkyria airport rwy 14. On third attempt pilot felt something hit a/c during take off phase and aborted t.o. and veered off… - [Incident 19970725028319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970725028319I), Jul 25, 1997: Piper PA28161 (N607FT), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: the student pilot was conducting a solo cross country and elected to do take off and landing practice at an interim airport, the pilot lost control… - [Incident 19960612021779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960612021779I), Jun 12, 1996: Piper PA28161 (N607FT), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot was preparing to depart for evening cross country. Tried to start a/c, engine rotated approx. 10 times when pilot saw flame shooting from… - [Accident 19950926030239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950926030239A), Sep 26, 1995: Piper PA28161 (N607FT), Melbourne, FL, Substantial damage. First solo. Lost directional control on second landing after porpoising. Crosswind factor not good for first solo. 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