# Accident 20081206856091A: Piper PA44180, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, December 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2008, 16:16 local time
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0044° N, 80.4800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0044&lon=-80.4800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118TP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N118TP-2009-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 563 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081206856091A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/06/2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 EST, N369ES, A CESSNA 172, DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) ON AN TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND INSTUMENT STUDENT.  AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME N118TP, A PIPER PA-44, DEPARTED FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FLL) ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A MULTI STUDENT ALSO.  AT 21:16 UTC, ACCORDING TO RADAR PLOTS PROVIDED BY MIAMI ATCT, N369ES AND N118TP WAS INVOLVED IN A MID AIR COLLISION AT COORDINATES 26 DEG, 00 MIN, 20.5 SEC NORTH LATTITUDE AND 080 DEG, 28 MIN, 49.06 SEE WEST LONGITUDE.  AT THE POINT OF COLLISION N118TP WAS HEADING 149 DEG AT 124 KTS WITH MODE C REPORTING 2000 FT.  N389ES WAS HEADING 211 DEG AT 86KTS WITH MODE C SHOWING 1900 FT.  THE CAUSE OF THE MID AIR COLLISION IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT BOTH FLIGHTS WERE INSTRUCTIONAL, BOTH FLIGHTS FAILED TO "SEE AND AVOID".

## 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 ERA09FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA080), Dec 6, 2008: Piper PA-44-180 (N118TP), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other aircraft.

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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