- Date
- November 19, 1987, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Roseland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36066Piper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871119066669A
- Case key
- 32095
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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.
Analysis
The acft was preflighted approx 20 min after refueling with no discrepancies noted. The plt had difficulty starting the acft. Mechanics flushed the acft fuel lines and declared the acft ok. No water was found in the fuel sumps or strainer during the plts preflt. The acft was started and dept on its flt. Approx 20 min after takeoff the acft eng quit. Attempts to restart were unsuccessful. Because he was IFR the plt requested vectors for an emergency lndg. The acft was vectored toward highway I-95. The acft broke out of the overcast at 1000 ft AGL. While attempting to land on a hwy collided with trees. The acft slid into a fence before stopping. During post acc inspection the eng ran normally while connected to an external fuel source. Analysis of the acft fuel showed it contained .010 percent water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36066
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837263
- Airframe hours
- 2,683
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pensacola Naval Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Daniel T. Caruso
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1987 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- FPR · Fort Pierce, FL
- Destination
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 905 total · 132 in this make and model · 905 as pilot in command · 242 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.