# NTSB MIA87LA032: Piper PA-32R, N20816, Cedar Key, FL, November 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 14, 1986, 18:59 local (23:59 UTC)
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Coordinates: 29.140272, -83.030197 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1403&lon=-83.0302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31826
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31826/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA032

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20816](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20816), registered now, S/N 32R-8029001, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-301T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (registry code 7103220) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R8029001
- Airframe hours: 1506
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861114055549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861114055549A), Nov 14, 1986: Piper PA32R301T, Cedar Key, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft overran the runway after a long, downwind landing.

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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