- Date
- February 21, 1986, 07:59 local (13:59 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2217FPiper PA-44
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860221037139A
- Case key
- 31483
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Analysis
The air taxi flight had begun the instrument ILS approach and the pilot stated he obtained visual contact with the runway lighting system. He was starting to land when he lost all visual contact and initiated a missed approach. The aircraft then veered left of the center of the runway and crashed into the ground about 75 feet in front of the glideslope building. The aircraft then bounced into the air and crashed into the glideslope building and destroyed it. The pilot recalled after the accident that he never established a positve rate of climb on the missed approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2217F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-7995158
- Airframe hours
- 1,673
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Panama Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 3, 1985 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- DKX · Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PFN · Panama City, runway 14, 6,004 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 60 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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