# Accident 20200512005609A: Piper PA-34-200, Hollywood, FL, May 12, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2020, 08:58 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1WLS
- Location: 25.9931° N, 80.2945° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9931&lon=-80.2945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N887SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N887SP-2025-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LIO-360-C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 629 total, 19 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200512005609A

## Narrative

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

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^.

## 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 ERA20LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA177), May 12, 2020: Piper PA34 (N887SP), Pembroke Pines, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A 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°…

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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