# Accident 20080324836959A: Piper PA28161, Venice, FL, March 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2008, 21:00 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0783° N, 82.4667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0783&lon=-82.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N465TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N465TC-2010-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080324836959A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WITNESS SAW AN AIRPLANE (NAVIGATION LIGHTS) FLY INTO TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.  THE PILOT HAD MENTIONED TO THE DISPATCHER WHERE HE RENTED THE AIRCRAFT THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET NIGHT CURRENT.  HE TOOK OFF ON THE NORTHWEST RUNWAY AND APPEARED TO BE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHERE THE AIRPLANE CRASHED.  INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT WERE PERFORMING AS NORMAL.

## 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 NYC08FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA148), Mar 25, 2008: Piper PA 28-161 (N465TC), Venice, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inflight loss of control for undetermined reasons.

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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