# Accident 20190511004489A: Piper PA-30, Naples, FL, May 11, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2019, 15:30 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2025° N, 81.7072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2025&lon=-81.7072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7650Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7650Y-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,443 total, 2,443 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190511004489A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 11, 2019, ABOUT 1530 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-30, N7650Y, EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE ON APPROACH TO NAPLES AIRPORT (APF), NAPLES, FLORIDA, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ADJACENT TO A HOUSE. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME WHICH OPERATED ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1445 FROM KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (EYW), KEY WEST, FLORIDA.

## 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 ERA19FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA170), May 11, 2019: Piper PA 30 (N7650Y), Naples, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Incapacitation of the pilot due to a birdstrike through the windshield in front of the pilot's position, while on approach to land.

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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