# NTSB MIA86LA025: Piper PA-34-200T, N11RJ, St.Petersburg, FL, November 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 7, 1985, 16:23 local (21:23 UTC)
- Place: St.Petersburg, FL
- Coordinates: 27.76984, -82.629325 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7698&lon=-82.6293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31545
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31545/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA025

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT LOADED THE AC WITH 100 POUNDS OF FUEL,HIMSELF AND 5 PASSENGERS AND DEPARTED FOR A SHORT LOCAL FLIGHT. THE AC WAS LANDED 15 MINUTES LATER 382 POUNDS OVER MAX GROSS WEIGHT, AND LANDED LONG ON A 2800 FT RUNWAY, IN A CROSSWIND. THE AC THEN SKIDDED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY NEAR THE END, AS THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11RJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11RJ-2013-06-11), registration cancelled 2013-06-11, S/N 34-7970002, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7970002
- Airframe hours: 1433
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-EB1A 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Joseph A. Sharpe
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 9, 1985, 0 hours before
- Departed: CLW, CLEARWATER, FL
- Destination: SPG, ST.PETERSBURG, FL
- Airport: SPG, Albert Whitted, runway 18, 2,800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,179 total, 624 in this make and model, 964 as pilot in command, 93 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SPG

## 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 19851107077629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851107077629A), Nov 7, 1985: Piper PA34200T, St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Swerved on rollout. Collapsed right main gear due to overstress. The aircraft was well over maximum gross weight.

## Other investigations on N11RJ (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA88LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA227), Jul 18, 1988: Piper PA-34-200T (N11RJ), St. Petersburg, FL, destroyed

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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