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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-236 · Everglades City, FL · April 20, 2014

Date
April 20, 2014 · 10:45 local
Place
Everglades City, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4511V
Reported as
Piper PA-28-236
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
520 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On April 20, 2014, the operator of N4511V, a Piper PA28-236 N4511V, piloted by privacy data omitted and accompanied by a single passenger, having departed naples airports kapf, at approximately 10:30 a.m., enroute to Everglades airpark X01, a non-towered airport. privacy data omitted Stated he self-announced his position and intentions at six miles from the destination airport, Mr. Principe thereafter entered the left downwind approach for runway 33. privacy data omitted Stated he self-announced the entry into the downwind, turn left base, and then turned to final. Upon establishing a stabilizing approach on final, privacy data omitted heard a radio transmission from a Cessna (N61733), advising Everglades City traffic that it was leaving the ramp to back taxi on runway 33 in preparation for takeoff on that runway. privacy data omitted Then reported he looked for the source of the transmission, and observed the taxing Cessna airplane exiting the ramp at approximately midfield, and entering the short taxiway spur at runway 15-33. privacy data omitted Stated he was about advised the Cessna that he was on short final and that it should not proceed, however privacy data omitted heard a radio transmission from the Cessna that it had observed traffic on final and was going to hold short at the runway edge. As a result, privacy data omitted landed long and fast for the runway distance remaining. privacy data omitted Left the runway at the last right hand taxiway. Aircraft left the taxiway and entered a ditch and impacting the FAR side embankment and stopped. Resulting in separation of the nose landing gear assembliy.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 20, 2014, THE OPERATOR OF N4511V, A PIPER PA28-236 N4511V, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ACCOMPANIED BY A SINGLE PASSENGER, HAVING DEPARTED NAPLES AIRPORTS KAPF, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M., ENROUTE TO EVERGLADES AIRPARK X01, A NON-TOWERED AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE SELF-ANNOUNCED HIS POSITION AND INTENTIONS AT SIX MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, MR. PRINCIPE THEREAFTER ENTERED THE LEFT DOWNWIND APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 33. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE SELF-ANNOUNCED THE ENTRY INTO THE DOWNWIND, TURN LEFT BASE, AND THEN TURNED TO FINAL. UPON ESTABLISHING A STABILIZING APPROACH ON FINAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HEARD A RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM A CESSNA (N61733), ADVISING EVERGLADES CITY TRAFFIC THAT IT WAS LEAVING THE RAMP TO BACK TAXI ON RUNWAY 33 IN PREPARATION FOR TAKEOFF ON THAT RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN REPORTED HE LOOKED FOR THE SOURCE OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND OBSERVED THE TAXING CESSNA AIRPLANE EXITING THE RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD, AND ENTERING THE SHORT TAXIWAY SPUR AT RUNWAY 15-33. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS ABOUT ADVISED THE CESSNA THAT HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT PROCEED, HOWEVER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HEARD A RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM THE CESSNA THAT IT HAD OBSERVED TRAFFIC ON FINAL AND WAS GOING TO HOLD SHORT AT THE RUNWAY EDGE. AS A RESULT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED LONG AND FAST FOR THE RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT THE RUNWAY AT THE LAST RIGHT HAND TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT LEFT THE TAXIWAY AND ENTERED A DITCH AND IMPACTING THE FAR SIDE EMBANKMENT AND STOPPED. RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIY.