- Date
- February 14, 1985, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Everglades City, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3163PPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850214038189A
- Case key
- 31227
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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
The acft departed the airport for a short flight to drop off one passenger. Shortly after takeoff witnesses stated that the acft started a shallow turn to the left in a nose high attitude. The acft continued to lose speed and rolled rapidly to the left at about 100 ft. it then contacted the water in chokoloskee bay. Both engines exhibited evidence of high RPM.being developed at impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3163P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-1095
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 1984
- Destination
- APF · Naples, FL
- Airport
- XO1 · Everglades, runway 33, 2,400 × 50 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,950 total · 62 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 45 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.
Other investigations on N3163P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.