- Date
- February 24, 1984, 19:00 local (Feb 25, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4869FPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840224009089A
- Case key
- 31108
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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
During the 1st landing, the acft touched down at night, aprx half way down the rwy. The plt eleected to go around, then made a 2nd apch & landing. During the 2nd landing, the acft went off the end of the rwy & came to rest in water. The plt stated that immediately after the accident, he noticed the wind sock indicated he had landed downwind. He stated 'the breeze was enough to hold the wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4869F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7635
- Airframe hours
- 1,077
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CIC, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andy Ren0
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Destination
- CDK · Cedar Key, FL
- Airport
- CDK · George T. Lewis
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 86 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 183 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.