# NTSB MIA88LA135: Piper PA-32-301, N8076D, Captiva, FL, March 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Captiva, FL
- Coordinates: 26.580974, -82.210243 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5810&lon=-82.2102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32156
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32156/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA135

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - wall/barricade (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8076D-1989-09-26), registration cancelled 1989-09-26, S/N 328206020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (registry code 7103207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-8206020
- Airframe hours: 480
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880330039319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880330039319A), Mar 30, 1988: Piper PA32301, Captiva, FL, Substantial damage. Entered high sink rate on final. Crashed into a concrete seawall short of the runway. Airport has a short runway.

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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