# NTSB MIA85LA036: Piper PA-11, N5560H, Parkland, FL, November 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 17, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Parkland, FL
- Coordinates: 26.309175, -80.230262 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3092&lon=-80.2303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31319
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31319/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA036

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED THE AIRSTRIP HE FLEW HIS PATTERN LOW. AS HE TURNED BASE THE WIND CAUGHT THE LEFT WING SHOVING THE ACFT DOWN. HE JAMMED THE THROTTLE FORWARD BUT THE ACFT CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5560H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5560H), registered now, S/N 11-1073, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-11
- Registry model: [Piper PA-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (registry code 7101102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11-1073
- Airframe hours: 700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90 95 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: D.S. Beatty Farms
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1984
- Departed: PARKLAND, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: front; flight hours: 384 total, 200 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FXE, 10 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 19841117062429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841117062429A), Nov 17, 1984: Piper PA11, Parkland, FL, Destroyed. Stated that wind caught the left wing, shoving aircraft down on base leg. Hit in pasture, burned. Had light winds.

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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