# Incident 20140420005749I: Piper PA-28-236, Everglades City, FL, April 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2014, 10:45 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4511V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4511V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140420005749I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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