# Accident 20070709017229A: Piper PA30, Mulberry, FL, July 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2007, 08:15 local time
- Place: Mulberry, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8572° N, 82.0269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8572&lon=-82.0269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N387RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N387RP-2013-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- 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 MIA07FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709017229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 07/09/07 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LAKELAND, FL (LAL) AT 800, VFR SOUTHBOUND. NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH ATC AFTER TAKE OFF. IT WAS REPORTED BY A POLK COUNTY DETECTIVE THAT THE WIDOW OF THE PILOT SPECULATED THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ENROUTE TO POMPANO, FL ON BUSINESS. CRASH OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 0810 NEAR MULBERRY, FL APPROXIMATELY 15 MI SOUTH OF LAL. THE ONLY KNOWN WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE OR ENGINES RUNNING NORMALLY THEN STOPPED AND STARTED AGAIN, THEN BEGAN SPUTTERING. AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED SPIRALING COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND FLIPPED WING OVER WING, THEN APPEARED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT AND BEGAN TO SPIN IN A FLAT ATTITUDE. AT THIS POINT WITNESS STATED AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW AND HE HEARD A LOUD CRUNCHING SOUND. THE OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 MIA07FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA117), Jul 9, 2007: Piper PA-30 (N387RP), Nichols, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the flight crew to maintain minimal controllable airspeed following a total loss of power in the right engine.

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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