# Accident 20130608010419A: Cessna 340A, Boynton Beach, FL, June 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2013, 10:02 local time
- Place: Boynton Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5111° N, 80.4042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5111&lon=-80.4042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N217JP-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130608010419A

## Narrative

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

THE PLANE DEPARTED FROM FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE) AT APPROXIMATELY 0947 LOCAL TIME WITH ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD. AT 0949 THE PILOT STATED TO ATC THAT HE WAS HAVING INSTRUMENT PROBLEMS AND REQUESTED TO STAY VFR. ATC VERIFIED THAT THE PILOT HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND THE PILOT CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD. AT 0950 THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIRECTED TO CLIMB TO 8000 FEET, BUT BECAUSE OF INSTRUMENT PROBLEMS THE PILOT REQUESTED TO STAY AT 2000 FEET TO CLEAR CLOUDS. AT 0951 THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN THE CLIMB TO ALTITUDE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A RIGHT TURN INTO A THUNDERSTORM. AT 1001 THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF 9400 FEET. ONE MINUTE AND TWENTY THREE SECONDS LATER, THE PLANE HAD LOST ALL ALTITUDE AND DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR CONTACT. A SEARCH REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE IN THE ARTHUR MARSHALL LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

THE IMPACT CRATER, DEBRIS FIELD AND RECOVERED WRECKAGE, INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A VERY STEEP ANGLE WITH HIGH ENERGY.

## 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 ERA13FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA275), Jun 8, 2013: Cessna 340A (N217JP), Boynton Beach, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of situational awareness, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall/spin after he climbed the airplane back into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Contributing to…

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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