# Accident 20030304002519A: Piper PA28R201T, Cedar Key, FL, March 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2003, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: George T. Lewis Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1011° N, 83.1147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1011&lon=-83.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6369C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6369C-2003-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030304002519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 4, 2003 AT 1930 EDT, A PIPER 28P, N6369C, REGISTERED TO CHERRY HILL AVIATION INC. ON VFR FROM KEY WEST, FLORIDA (EYW), TO TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (TLH), AT 12500 FEET, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WEATHER AND RADAR AND RADIO LOST. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR IN SPIRAL DESCENT 6NM WEST OF CEDAR KEY, FLORIDA (CDK). COAST GUARD FOUND WRECKAGE 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CDK, IN 16 FEET OF WATER. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN. THE PIC REQUESTED VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KEY WEST, FLORIDA ON MARCH 4, 2003, 1736 HOURS.

## 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 MIA03FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA071), Mar 4, 2003: Piper PA-28R-201T (N6369C), Cedar Key, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological condition after receiving an in-flight weather advisory. Also causal was his failure to…

## Other reports on N6369C (1)

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

- [Incident 19810708053029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810708053029I), Jul 8, 1981: Piper PA28R201T (N6369C), Block Island, RI, Minor damage. Retracted gear on lift off. Prop struck runway. Continued airborn. Landed safe. Had gear override on.

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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