# Accident 20180306001509A: Piper PA-28-140, Edgewater, FL, March 6, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2018, 10:04 local time
- Place: Edgewater, FL
- Airport: Massey Ranch Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9869° N, 80.9258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9869&lon=-80.9258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6764W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6764W-2021-05-08) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180306001509A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/06/2018 AT 10:04EST N6764W, A PIPER PA-28-140 HIT A TREE DURING APPROACH TO LANDING AND CRASHED INTO A CARPORT LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF EDGEWATER, FL.

## 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 ERA18LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA096), Mar 6, 2018: Piper PA 28 (N6764W), Edgewater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain the appropriate glidepath to the runway, which resulted in a collision with trees and terrain during final approach.

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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