# Accident 20050330005529A: Gulstm 114B, Venice, FL, March 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2005, 21:45 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0619° N, 82.4633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0619&lon=-82.4633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60204, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60204-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Commander 114-B (registry code 0145001, https://openairdocs.org/model/commander-114-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 114B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050330005529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 30, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 HRS EDT, A COMMANDER 114B, N60204, REGISTERED TO NFP HOLDINGS LLC, LANDED AT THE VENICE AIRPORT (VNC) AND DROPPED OFF ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, THE PILOT REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE VENICE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 22, AT APPROXIMATELY 2140 HRS. HEADING TO THE SARASOTA-BRADENTON AIRPORT (SRQ). SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WAS 2 FATALS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ANN ARBOR, M 1 ON 03/30 AT 0915 EDT AND THE FINAL DESTINATION WAS TO BE SARASOTA, FL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN FROM VENICE TO SARASOTA.

## 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 MIA05FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA085), Mar 31, 2005: Commander 114-B (N60204), Venice, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight loss of control during takeoff/initial climb over the water at night due to spatial disorientation. A related factor was the night conditions.

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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