20050305003699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-301T · Destin, FL · March 5, 2005

Date: March 5, 2005 · 19:15 local
Place: Destin, FL
Airport: Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N588ET
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA05LA070
Reported as: Piper PA32301T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 862 total720 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N588ETRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2018 · Piper PA-32-301TS/N 32-8024044 · Built 1980 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-301T Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated that about rotation speed the aircraft suddenly swerved to the left and came to rest off the runway. At the time ASOS reported winds at approximately 11 knots and gusting to 19 knots. Mechanics from miracle strip aviation inspected all of the flight controls for continuity and found them to be intact and to have full continuity. The steering rods and nose wheel and axle were inspected and found ok as well. Aircraft substantial damage due to the soft ground to the left side of the runway, which caused the nose gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ABOUT ROTATION SPEED THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST OFF THE RUNWAY. AT THE TIME ASOS REPORTED WINDS AT APPROXIMATELY 11 KNOTS AND GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS. MECHANICS FROM MIRACLE STRIP AVIATION INSPECTED ALL OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FOR CONTINUITY AND FOUND THEM TO BE INTACT AND TO HAVE FULL CONTINUITY. THE STEERING RODS AND NOSE WHEEL AND AXLE WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND OK AS WELL. AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE SOFT GROUND TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA05LA070Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDestin, FLThe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind during a crosswind takeoff resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent collision with terrain.Mar 5, 2005 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N588ET · 1

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

Accident 20120825020459ATakeoff: Climb Out · South Lake Taho, CAThe aircraft initiated takeoff from runway 36 and struck trees approximately .4 miles off the end of the runway. With part of the left wing missing, the aircraft continued in an uncontrolled decent, impacted the ground, flipped inverted, and was destroyed by…Aug 25, 2012 · Destroyed · 5 fatal