# Accident 20150412004549A: Piper PA-31T1, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 12, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2015, 16:20 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2017° N, 80.1775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2017&lon=-80.1775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N119RL-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T1
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A-11
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150412004549A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN VFR CONDITIONS DIRECT TO KFXE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CLEARED TO LAND BY THE KFXE TOWER CONTROLERS. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT DECLAIRED OVER THE AIRCRAFT RADIO SYSTEM THAT THE PILOT WAS EXPERAINCING SMOKE IN THE COCK-PIT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 0.31 MILES SHORT OF RUNWAY 13 IN A LIGHTLY WOODED AREA ABUTTING THE NORTH SIDE OF KFXE PROPERTY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED. THE FORT LAUDERDALE MEDICAL EXAMINER REMOVED THE REMAINS AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE FT. LAUDERDALE MEDICAL EXAMINER?S OFFICE FOR POST MORTEM EXAMINATION.  ALL SOULS ON BOARD PERISHED.

## 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 ERA15FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA181), Apr 12, 2015: Piper PA-31T1 (N119RL), Fort Lauderdale, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: A rapid onset of smoke and/or fire inflight for reasons that could not be determined due to the postimpact fire and the condition of the wreckage.

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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