# Accident 20160218001179A: Pinkston Randy T RV-7A, Tavernier, FL, February 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2016, 06:30 local time
- Place: Tavernier, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.0017° N, 80.5369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0017&lon=-80.5369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705RP-2016-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pinkston Randy T RV-7A (registry code 056195M, https://openairdocs.org/model/pinkston-randy-t-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PINKSTON RANDY T RV-7A
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 614 total, 74 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160218001179A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PLANNING FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 8 AT FA81, TAVERNIER PARK AIRPORT, BUT MISTOOK PLANATION AVENUE FOR RUNWAY AT FA81, TAVERNIER PARK AIRPORT. PILOT CIRCLED BACK AROUND TO THE RUNWAY HEADING AND SAW WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE THE HOUSES ALONG THE SIDE OF THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 8. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON PLANTATION AVENUE AND STRUCK THREE MAIL BOXES, A BASKETBALL HOOP, A COUPLE PHONE LINES, PALM TREES, FENCE AND A SUV VEHICLE AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 GAA16LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16LA135), Feb 18, 2016: Pinkston Randy T RV-7 (N705RP), Tavernier, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misidentification of a parallel roadway for the runway and the airplane's subsequent collision with numerous objects during landing.

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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