# Accident 20080620855269A: Piper PA18150, Lake Placid, FL, June 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2008, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Airport: Placid Lakes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2456° N, 81.4131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2456&lon=-81.4131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988PC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,247 total, 419 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080620855269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 20, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 EDT, A PIPER PA-18-150, N988PC, REGISTERED TO 3/4 TIME-LLC, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE ON AN APPROACH TO LAND AT THE PLACID LAKES AIRPORT, LAKE PLACID, FL. WHILE RETURNING FROM A FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE PLACID LAKES AIRPORT JUNE 20, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:20 EDT.

## 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 NYC08LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA221), Jun 20, 2008: Piper PA-18-150 (N988PC), Lake Placid, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s performance of a nonstandard abrupt maneuver at low altitude, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control.

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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