# Accident 20040623018269A: Piper PA28181, Ft Lauderdale, FL, June 23, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2004, 11:31 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1917° N, 80.1669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1917&lon=-80.1669&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: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 54 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040623018269A

## Narrative

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

(-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 CHOCKED IN AT 1117 HRS. AND CHOCKED OUT AT 1125 HRS. PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF AT 1130 HRS. AFTER TAKE OFF 'MAYDAY DAY MAYDAY' WAS DECLARED, NO OTHER TRANSMISSIONS WERE HEARD, AIRCRAFT CRASHED THROUGH A ROOF OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

## 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 ATL04FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA139), Jun 23, 2004: Piper PA-28-181 (N9578C), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and the pilot's failure to maintain flying speed which resulted in an inadvertent stall,…

## Other reports on N9578C (2)

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

- [Accident 20000126036069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000126036069A), Jan 26, 2000: Piper PA28181 (N9578C), Key Largo, FL, Substantial damage. (.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.…
- [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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