# Accident 20170212000929A: Piper PA-28R-200, Cedar Key, FL, February 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2017, 11:06 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: George T Lewis
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0492° N, 82.9681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0492&lon=-82.9681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4504X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4504X-2019-07-26) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 606 total, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170212000929A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 12, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:06 ET (16:06 Z), A PIPER PA-28R-200, N4504X, REGISTERED TO "FLYING ARROW LLC" (TAMPA, FL), IMPACTED THE GULF OF MEXICO ABOUT SEVEN MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE GEORGE T LEWIS AIRPORT (CDK - CEDAR KEY, FL) WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT SITE AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BROOKSVILLE-TAMPA BAY REGIONAL AIRPORT (BKV - BROOKSVILLE, FL) ON FEBRUARY 12, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:37 ET (15:37 Z).

## 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 ERA17FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA108), Feb 12, 2017: Piper PA28R (N4504X), Cedar Key, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's improper decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane…

## Other reports on N4504X (3)

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

- [Incident 20050905022109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905022109I), Sep 5, 2005: Piper PA28R200 (N4504X), Dunnellon, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported electrical system failure. He decided to land at dunellon instead of returning to brooksville, FL. Pilot reported that he used the…
- [Incident 19790814031179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814031179I), Aug 14, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N4504X), Laporte, TX, Minor damage. Pilot taxied into water covered hole and nose gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19770821024999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770821024999A), Aug 21, 1977: Piper PA28R200 (N4504X), Natchez, MS, Substantial damage

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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