# Accident 20170312001249A: Piper PA-28-140, Tampa, FL, March 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2017, 13:35 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O.  Knight
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9106° N, 82.4497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9106&lon=-82.4497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8447R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8447R-2019-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 77 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170312001249A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 5 AT TPF, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 AGL, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT TURNED CROSSWIND AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO RUNWAY 5.  UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT LANDED IN THE WATER.  UPON IMPACT WITH THE WATER, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.  THE WINDSHIED WAS BROKEN OUT, DAMAGE TO THE FRONT COWLING OCCURRED AND THE LEFT WING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE LEFT ARM.

TIME OF ACCIDENT ON -23 IS CORRECT, NTSB HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CORRECT NTSB REPORT.

## 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 ERA17LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA128), Mar 12, 2017: Piper PA28 (N8447R), Tampa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A collapsed engine induction duct, which resulted in restricted air flow to the engine and a subsequent loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the operator's failure to ensure that…

## Other reports on N8447R (1)

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

- [Incident 19911116058299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911116058299I), Nov 16, 1991: Piper PA28140 (N8447R), Lake Elsinore, CA, Minor damage. Pilot low on fuel. Ats vectored pilot to Skylark. Landed on dirt taxiway. Lost control. Veered off taxiway.

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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