# Incident 20210119002199I: Piper PA-28-140, Ochopee, FL, January 19, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2021, 11:30 local time
- Place: Ochopee, FL
- Airport: Dade-Collier Training And Tran
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Location: 25.8616° N, 80.8969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8616&lon=-80.8969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4530T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4530T) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 373 total, 183 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210119002199I

## Narrative

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

PART 91 OPERATOR, PREFORMING INSTRUCTION UNDER PART 61 OPERATING PIPER PA-28-140 REGISTRATION N4530T, SN: 287225181 CRASHED AFTER PRIVATE PILOT ATTEMPTING SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND TRANSITION AIRPORT (TNT) RUNWAY 09, LOSING CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT CRASHING IN MUDDY GRASSY MARSH AREA. THREE OCCUPANTS ON BOARD CFI, PRIVATE PILOT AND REAR PASSENGER. ONLY THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE FACE WITH SOME LACERATIONS CUTS AND BRUISING. AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF ENGINE COWLING SECTION DAMAGES AND PROPELLER DAMAGED. PIPER N4530T OWNER AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^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 ERA21LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA164), Jan 19, 2021: Piper PA28 (N4530T), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain. Also causal was the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial…

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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