OpenAirDocs.org

20200512005609A

Accident · Destroyed
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Hollywood, FL · May 12, 2020

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
May 12, 2020 · 08:58 local
Place
Hollywood, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
1WLS
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N887SP
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20LA177
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
629 total19 in this make and model106 in the last 90 days
N887SPRegistration cancelled Aug 16, 2025 · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7350124 · Built 1973Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Certified flight instructor (CFI) and private pilot were involved in an accident while performing multi-engine

Instruction. The aircraft involved in the accident was a Piper PA-34-200, serial number 34-7350124, registration N887SP. They departed north perry airport (hwo) heading west when the right engine stop and it was feathered due to mechanical problem. Flight crew attempted to return to hwo, however they did not make it and crashed on the interception of pembroke road and hiatus road. The aircraft impacted the power lines above, then two palm trees, and a light pole before crashing into a tree. The aircraft exploded due to fuel atomization around the aircraft. The private pilot on the left seat was deceased on impact/burn and CFI on right seat survived with burns to arms and upper body extremities. One person in the crash area was injured by aircraft debris. The aircraft was destroyed. Aircraft N887SP is owned by privacy data omitted and operated by privacy data omitted FAA certificate privacy data omitted doing businessas privacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE PERFORMING MULTI-ENGINE

INSTRUCTION. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS A PIPER PA-34-200, SERIAL NUMBER 34-7350124, REGISTRATION N887SP. THEY DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) HEADING WEST WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE STOP AND IT WAS FEATHERED DUE TO MECHANICAL PROBLEM. FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO HWO, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT MAKE IT AND CRASHED ON THE INTERCEPTION OF PEMBROKE ROAD AND HIATUS ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE POWER LINES ABOVE, THEN TWO PALM TREES, AND A LIGHT POLE BEFORE CRASHING INTO A TREE. THE AIRCRAFT EXPLODED DUE TO FUEL ATOMIZATION AROUND THE AIRCRAFT. THE PRIVATE PILOT ON THE LEFT SEAT WAS DECEASED ON IMPACT/BURN AND CFI ON RIGHT SEAT SURVIVED WITH BURNS TO ARMS AND UPPER BODY EXTREMITIES. ONE PERSON IN THE CRASH AREA WAS INJURED BY AIRCRAFT DEBRIS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. AIRCRAFT N887SP IS OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAA CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DOING BUSINESSAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA20LA177Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPembroke Pines, FLA total loss of power in the right engine for reasons that could not be determined based on available information. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s decision to turn 180° before securing the right engine, which resulted in a loss of…May 12, 2020 · Destroyed