- Date
- November 14, 1986, 18:59 local (23:59 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20816Piper PA-32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861114055549A
- Case key
- 31826
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt stated that he was not able to see the lighted wind sock from 1000 ft as he was unfamiliar with its location. The acft landed downwind on the rwy & was unable to stop before running off the end. A 15 to 20 kt tailwind was present at the time. The plt stated that if he had landed into the wind, the night landing accident could have been avoided.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20816
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R8029001
- Airframe hours
- 1,506
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piper Aircraft Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1986
- Departed
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Destination
- CDK · Cedar Key, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CDK, runway 23, 2,400 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,001 total · 1,038 in this make and model · 1,826 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 52 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.