# Accident 20011117037919A: Piper PA28181, Deland, FL, November 17, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2001, 23:50 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85TT-2002-02-04) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011117037919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 23:50 EST ON 17 NOVEMBER, 2001, MR. STEVE C. DICKINSON, HOLDER OF PILOT OF CERTIFICATE NUMBER 522784837, OPERATED HIS PIPER PA-28-161, N85TT ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN (IFR) FROM THE DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DED), DELAND, FLORIDA TO THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT (COI), MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 5 AT THE DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ALTITUDE, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE ENGINE FAILURE IS ATTRIBUTED TO CARBURETOR ICING. MR. DICKINSON ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT LOOKING FOR AN OPEN SPACE TO LAND HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDED IN A WOODED AREA CONSISTING OF SCRUB OAK TREES AND PALMETTO PLANTS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER. THE PASSENGER, MRS. HELEN C. DICKINSON SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES AND WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT IN AN UNCONSCIOUS STATE. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE MARGINAL VFR WITH A TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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

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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