# Incident 20000210004139I: Piper PA23250, Key West, FL, February 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2000, 13:57 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5651° N, 81.7755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key West, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5651&lon=-81.7755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33FD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33FD-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000210004139I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED TO SEARCH FOR MISSING BOAT WITH FRIENDS ONBOARD. FLIGHT ARRIVED ON THE MARQUESAS KEY AREA TO COMMENCE SEARCH.  FLIGHT OPERATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 800-1500 FEET MSL DURING SEARCH.  PIC ADVISED ATC OF HIS OPERATION.  PIC WAS FULLY AWARE OF R-2916 AND HAD A VFR CHART ATTACHED TO HIS KNEE FOR NAVIGATION PURPOSE.  AFTER BEGINNING THE SEACH, THE PIC BECAME MORE INVOLED WITH LOOKING FOR THE BOAT THAN REMAINING AWARE OF HIS CURRENT POSITION.  THE PIC INADVERTANTLY PENETRATED R-2916 WHILE LOOKING FOR THE MISSING BOAT.  THE PIC REALIZED HIS ERROR WHEN HE SAW ANTENNAES ON THE GROUND R-2916 AND EXCUTED A 180 DEGREE TURN TO EXIT THE RESTRICTED AREA.

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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