# Accident 20200125001849A: Piper PA-32-260, Lake City, FL, January 25, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2020, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Airport: Cannon Creek Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1569° N, 82.6692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1569&lon=-82.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55455, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55455-2023-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200125001849A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 25, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30AM, A PIPER PA-32-260 (N55455), SERIAL NUMBER 32-7300038 CRASHED AND BURNED INTO A FRONT YARD AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LAKE CITY, FLORIDA IN COLUMBIA COUNTY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM CANNON CREEK AIRPORT (15FL). THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETLY DESTROYED. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE ONLY POB WAS FATAL. THE PILOT HAS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND PRIVILEGE.

ON JANUARY 26, 2020 REPRESENTATIVES FROM NTSB, PIPER AIRCRAFT, LYCOMING AND THE FAA STARTED AN EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AT FLORIDA AIR RECOVERY IN JACKSONVILLE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN APPROXIMATE AFTT OF 3554.3 AS OF LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION 08/01/2019. THE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE DID NOT SHOW ANY APPARENT PROBLEMS, THOUGH BOTH WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

WE WERE NOTIFIED BY NTSB THAT A VIDEO HAD SURFRACED AND WAS BEING SUPPLIED TO THEM (NTSB) FOR REVIEW. WE WERE NOT AFFORDED A COPY OF THE VIDEO DUE TO WHAT NTSB CALLED PRIVACY ISSUES.

## 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 ERA20FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA085), Jan 25, 2020: Piper PA32 (N55455), Lake City, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control at low altitude.

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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