# Accident 20060914020599A: Piper PA23250, Fort Meade, FL, September 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2006, 19:45 local time
- Place: Fort Meade, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7417° N, 81.7792° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7417&lon=-81.7792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5941Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5941Y-2009-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06GA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06GA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060914020599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WHILE PERFORMING MOSQUITO CONTROL SPRAYING OPERATIONS CRASHED. AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN PASTURE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE PEACE RIVER PARK IN FORT MEADE FLORIDA. AIRCRAFT ACCORDING TO A WITNESS AIRCRAFT CAME LOW OVER TREES OF THE FORT MEADE PARK. THE WITNESS STATED "IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PLANE WAS IN TROUBLE; THE PLANE FLEW ABOUT 50 FEET OR LESS ABOVE THE TREES RIGHT OVER OUR CAR." AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE CONTAINED IN THE SAME AREA. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH LEFT WING LEANING AGAINST A BERM. AIRCRAFT FORWARD OF TAIL ENGULFED BY FIRE. THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD ONE PROPELLER BLADE STRAIGHT, WHILE THE OTHER WAS SLIGHTLY BENT BACK. THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER BENT BACKWARDS AND THE OTHER TWISTED. WITNESS STATED THE RIGHT WING AND TAIL IMPACTED THE GROUND FIRST. THE TAIL HAD LITTLE IMPACT DAMAGE, MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED FED OF THE RUDDER AND AILERONS. THE PILOT FLYING LOW, LOST ALTITUDE, IMPACTED THE GROUND, SIMILAR TO A FLAT SPIN INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 DEN06GA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06GA128), Sep 14, 2006: Piper PA-23-250 (N5941Y), Fort Meade, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of power in the right engine while manuevering for reasons undetermined, and failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the airspeed…

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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