- Date
- March 30, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Captiva, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8076DPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880330039319A
- Case key
- 32156
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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 pilot allowed the aircraft to descend below the normal approach angle and failed to correct the situation timely. The aircraft struck a seawall severing first the nose gear and then the main gear. The aircraft slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8076D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8206020
- Airframe hours
- 480
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tropic Air Pilot'S Club
- Registered owner
- R. B. Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 9, 2,400 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSW, 26 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.