- Date
- May 23, 1984, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- St.Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2552APiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840523061079A
- Case key
- 30996
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to witnesses, the plt did at least one complete roll prior to the accident. They stated that after rolling at about 100 ft above the water & parallel to the beach, the acft appeared to bank very steeply to the left, then pitch down into the water. The wreckage was recovered on 5/25/84. An exam of the wreckage failed to disclose any pre-existing faults or failures of the eng, airframe, or control system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2552A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0753
- Airframe hours
- 2,198
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald J. Methot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1984 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- SPG · St.Petersburg, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.