# Accident 20040117011191A: Piper PA30, Clearwater, FL, January 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2004, 14:25 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9903° N, 82.7522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9903&lon=-82.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8735Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8735Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117011191A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF THIS AIRCRAFT (PA-30) DEPARTED WINTER HAVEN (GIF) AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL FOR AN ESTIMATED FLIGHT OF 30 MINUTES TO CLEARWATER AIRPARK (CLW). PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO RETRIEVE BOOKS FROM PREVIOUS OWNER FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED HE OBTAINED AN ABBREVIATED WEATHER BRIEFING BY PHONE FROM ST. PETERSBURG (PIE). UPON APPROACH TO CLEARWATER AIRPARK, RUNWAY 16, THIS AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA (CE-150) APPROXIMATELY AT 1000 FEET ABOVE AIRPARK. CLEARWATER AIRPARK IS AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. THE CESSNA (CE-150) CRASHED INTO A LARGE OAK TREE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE. THIS PILOT (PA-30) LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY AT THE CLEARWATER AIRPARK ON RUNWAY 16, ALTHOUGH DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA04FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA043), Jan 17, 2004: Piper PA-30 (N8735Y), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to maintain adequate visual lookout while entering the traffic pattern (downwind leg) at an uncontrolled airport resulting in a midair collision. inadvertent stall, and…

## Other reports on N8735Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19801024075829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801024075829I), Oct 24, 1980: Piper PA30 (N8735Y), Springfield, MO. Za zh electrical system failed. Landed without further incident.

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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