# NTSB MIA86LA002: Piper PA-36-375, N2443X, Pahokee, FL, October 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 4, 1985, 08:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.81096, -80.660118 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8110&lon=-80.6601&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31530
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31530/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA002

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - load jettison - performed, pilot in command
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT UPON TAKEOFF FROM HICKORY FARMS AIRSTIRP, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN LOSING POWER. HE THEN DUMPED HIS LOAD OF CHEMICALS AND ON DESCENT, STRUCK SUGAR CANE AND CARTWHEELED INTO A CANAL. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AS DESCRIBED BY TH PILOT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2443X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2443X-1997-08-12), registration cancelled 1997-08-12, S/N 368302006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-375
- Registry model: [Piper PA-36-375](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (registry code 7103620) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36-8302006
- Airframe hours: 512
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-720-D1C 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Wilkinson Cooper Produce Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, September 25, 1985, 37 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 7,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 3,000 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 35 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 19851004049029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851004049029A), Oct 4, 1985: Piper PA36375, Pahokee, FL, Substantial damage. Engine power loss on takeoff. Wing hit cane on landing, swerved into ditch. Engine shipped to an unknown facility.

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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