# Accident 20170616008369A: Piper PA-23-160, Cedar Key, FL, June 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2017, 12:57 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1364° N, 83.0475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1364&lon=-83.0475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4317Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4317Y-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (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-23-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170616008369A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16, 2017, AIRCRAFT N4317Y WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT CDK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 5 AND THEN OVER RAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY, PROCEEDED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OF GRASS, CROSSED A 20 FOOT WIDE ASPHALT PAVED ROAD, CROSSED OVER ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET OF GRASSY/SANDY AREA AND DOWN A SLIGHT EMBANKMENT INTO A SALT WATER BAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THE ACCIDENT. THE WINGS, ENGINES AND FORWARD HALF OF THE AIRCRAFT STAYED PARTIALLY TO MOSTLY SUBMERGED IN SALT WATER THROUGH SEVERAL TIDE CYCLES.

## 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 ERA17CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA208), Jun 16, 2017: Piper PA23 (N4317Y), Cedar Key, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to stop the airplane within the available runway after conducting the approach and landing with a tailwind.

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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