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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Destin, FL · February 11, 2016

Date
February 11, 2016 · 18:35 local
Place
Destin, FL
Airport
Destin Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2209W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

Aircraft entered left downwind to runway 14 Destin, FL. (Dts), missed landing approach, circled airport with left hand traffic pattern, departed traffic pattern on a southernly heading, descending and impacting into the water approximately one mile south of the Destin Airport resulting in fatal injuries to pilot and passenger.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 14 DESTIN, FL. (DTS), MISSED LANDING APPROACH, CIRCLED AIRPORT WITH LEFT HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN, DEPARTED TRAFFIC PATTERN ON A SOUTHERNLY HEADING, DESCENDING AND IMPACTING INTO THE WATER APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE DESTIN AIRPORT RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGER.