# Accident 20050305003699A: Piper PA32301T, Destin, FL, March 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2005, 19:15 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Airport: Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4000° N, 86.4714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4000&lon=-86.4714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N588ET, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N588ET-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301T (registry code 7103209, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 862 total, 720 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050305003699A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 MIA05LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA070), Mar 5, 2005: Piper PA-32-301T (N588ET), Destin, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind during a crosswind takeoff resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N588ET (1)

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

- [Accident 20120825020459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120825020459A), Aug 25, 2012: Piper PA-32-301T (N588ET), South Lake Taho, CA, Destroyed, 5 fatal. The 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…

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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