# Accident 20170211000919A: Beech T-34B, St Petersburg, FL, February 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2017, 16:20 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7650° N, 82.6269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7650&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech T-34B (registry code 1152014, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T-34B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170211000919A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2017, AT 1620 EDT, A BEECH T-34, N18PS, REGISTERED TO AIR 906, LLC, COLLIDED WITH THE SEAWALL ON APPROACH AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, FL, WHILE ON A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND HIS PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBERT WHITTED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2017, APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE REGULATORY CHECK RIDE DATE AND THE FLIGHT HOURS INDICATED IN SECTION 31 ARE ESTIMATES PROVIDED BY THE PIC AS HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE HIS LOGBOOK FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT.

ON 3-27-2017 THE NTSB WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ERRORS ON NTSB REPORT GAA17CA138.  THE TIME OF ACCIDENT, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION, MAKE/MODEL IS CORRECT ON THE -23.

## 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 GAA17CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA138), Feb 11, 2017: Beech T 34B (N18PS), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate glidepath to the runway.

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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