# NTSB MIA84LA224: Piper PA-28-151, N102AV, Cedar Key, FL, August 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1984, 11:48 local (15:48 UTC)
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Coordinates: 29.440654, -82.629989 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4407&lon=-82.6300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31171/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA224

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - approach light/navaid

## Analysis

PLT STATED TOUCHDOWN WAS BEYOND RUNWAY NUMBERS. BRAKING WAS NOT INITIATED UNTIL HALFWAY DOWN THE 2400 FT LONG RWY. NO DECELERATION APPARENT EVEN WITH MAX PRESSURE APPLIED TO PEDALS. PLT DID NOT RPT ATTEMPT TO PUMP BRAKES OR USE ASSYMETRICAL BRAKING BUT WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SWERVE OFF TO SIDE BEFORE REACHING RUNWAY END, STRIKING VASI LIGHT. 3.9 HRS PIC THIS M/M ACFT. EXAMINATION OF ACFT BRAKES REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N102AV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 287715075
- Airframe hours: 1595
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Avian Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, July 3, 1984, 44 hours before
- Departed: PIE, ST.PETERSBURG, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: CDK, George T. Lewis, runway 5, 2,400 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 143 total, 5 in this make and model, 80 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 53 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840805069259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840805069259A), Aug 5, 1984: Piper PA28151, Cedar Key, FL, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on the runway after landing. Veered off to slow down and hit a VASI light near end of the runway.

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.

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