# Accident 20000126036069A: Piper PA28181, Key Largo, FL, January 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2000, 09:50 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Airport: Ocean Reef Club Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.0803° N, 80.4402° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0803&lon=-80.4402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9578C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9578C-2006-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 20 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000126036069A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND, HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 330 DEGREES WITH GUSTS TO 18 KNOTS. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND WHILE EITHER ON BASE OR FINAL APPROACH, HE HEARD THE FLIGHTCREW OF A FALCON AIRPLANE ANNOUNCE THAT THE FLIGHT WAS 10 MILES OUT, INBOUND.  THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND WHILE BACK TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY AT A REPORTED SPEED OF 4-5 MPH, THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE LEFT.  HE APPLIED RIGHT AILERON BUT THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH HEDGES.  EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED CONTINUOUS SKID MARKS MEASURING 45 FEET IN LENGTH FROM BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR TO THE POINT WHERE THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY.  THE SKID MARKS BEGIN BEFORE A 10 FOOT BY 12 FOOT DISCOLORED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY.  FOLLOWING TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO THE AIRPLANE, IT WAS FLOWN TO WHERE IT WAS BASED AND NO DISCREPANCIES PERTAINING TO THE BRAKES WERE NOTED BY THE PILOT; THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKED ON FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT.  ADDITIONALLY, EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURED NOSE STEERING COMPONENTS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## 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 MIA00LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA075), Jan 26, 2000: Piper PA-28-181 (N9578C), Ocean Reef Club, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane while taxiing after landing resulting in the on-ground collision with high vegetation.

## Other reports on N9578C (2)

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

- [Accident 20040623018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040623018269A), Jun 23, 2004: Piper PA28181 (N9578C), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Pilot departed (pmp) pompano airport to the Bahamas, pilot then filed and proceeded to (fxe) ft. Lauderdale executive airport to clear us customs, pilot…
- [Incident 19950722026989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950722026989I), Jul 22, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N9578C), Tampa, FL. IFR cleared to tpf broke out saw an airport notice runway nr not at tpf but landed anyway at mcf.

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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