MIA84LA182

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-23-250 · Ft. Lauderdale, FL · June 11, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
June 11, 1984, 13:42 local (17:42 UTC)
Place
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N29994Piper PA-23-250
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840611024949A
Case key
31143

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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.

Loss of control - in flightApproach - vfr pattern - final approach
Airspeed - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Stall - inadvertentPilot in command
In flight collision with terrain/waterApproach - vfr pattern - final approach

Analysis

Plt witnesses reported that the acft stalled during the final approach. The plt was not multi-end rated.

Aircraft

Registration
N29994
Reported as
Piper PA-23-250
Category
Airplane
Serial number
27-436
Engine
Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Valorum Investment Corporation
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Airport
FXE · Ft. Lauderdale Executive, runway 08, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

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
29
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
69 total · 2 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
90° at 10 knots
Visibility
8 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
20,000 ft broken
Temperature
84 °F, dew point 72 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
FXE

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.