# Accident 20150112001509A: Piper PA-28R-200, Deland, FL, January 12, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2015, 15:45 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0669° N, 81.2836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0669&lon=-81.2836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5033S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5033S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 70 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150112001509A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH INTO DELAND. DID NOT MAKE THE FIRST ATTEMPT FOR LANDING. CIRCLED THE AIRPORT IN IFR CONDITIONS AND TRIED 4 OTHER TIMES TO LAND. FINALLY LANDED VERY HARD AND DAMAGED THE WING FROM THE LANDING GEAR.

## 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 ERA15CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA116), Jan 12, 2015: Piper PA-28R-200 (N5033S), Deland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning and decision to land in an area with known convective wind gusts, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent hard landing.

## Other reports on N5033S (3)

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

- [Incident 20110201007149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110201007149I), Feb 1, 2011: Piper PA-28R-200 (N5033S), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. The acft touched down on rwy 9 with the ldg gear partially extended. The CFI & CFI student on board aborted the landing and initiated a go-around as the acft…
- [Incident 19790330012989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330012989I), Mar 30, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N5033S), Gainesville, FL, Minor damage. Gear lights showed safe, no warning horn. Nose gear collapsed after touchdown.
- [Incident 19790220007449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790220007449I), Feb 20, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N5033S), Sarasota, FL, Minor damage. Hit taxi light.

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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