- Date
- September 4, 1984, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dade Collier, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8330GPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840904074749I
- Case key
- 31044
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Sequence of events
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Miscellaneous/other
Miscellaneous
Incapacitation(cardiovascular)Cause
Remedial action - performed
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Aircraft handling - performed
Analysis
The non-rated passenger landed the acft after the plt suffered a heart attack & became totally incapacitated. During the landing, the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8330G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-821602T
- Airframe hours
- 1,314
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard J. Yadwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PIE · St.Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- FXE · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Dade Collier
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 181 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Observed at
- MIA, 39 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.