# Accident 20141018018889A: Piper PA-24-260, Everglades City, FL, October 18, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Airport: Everglades Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8406° N, 81.3864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8406&lon=-81.3864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N254WM-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141018018889A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OPF) AT ABOUT 10 AM LOCAL TIME, IN HIS PIPER COMANCHE PA24-260, REGISTRATION N254WM, TO PERFORM TOUCH AND GOES AT EVERGLADES AIRPARK (X01). FLIGHT WAS NORMAL UNTIL FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15. PILOT OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT STAYED IN GROUND EFFECT NEVER LANDING OR TOUCHING THE RUNWAY. BY THE TIME THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THERE WASN?T ANY RUNWAY LEFT TO LAND SAFELY THE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SMALL MANGROVE TREE FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE BAY. AIRCRAFT ENDED UP RESTING UPSIDE DOWN IN 5 TO 7 FEET OF WATER. PILOT EGRESS THE AIRCRAFT AND WALKED TO SHORE. PILOT DID NOT SUFFER AND INJURIES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SCENE, EXAMINED THE PILOT AND RELEASED HIM ON THE SPOT.

## 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 ERA15CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA021), Oct 18, 2014: Piper PA-24-260 (N254WM), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper approach to landing and his failure to perform a go-around, which resulted in a runway overshoot, runway excursion, and collision with vegetation and water.

## Other reports on N254WM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20031130032919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031130032919I), Nov 30, 2003: Piper PA24260 (N254WM), Macon, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Acft was taxiing off of rwy 23 at taxi way B2. As acft turned right on B2, the left main landing gear collapsed.

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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