# NTSB MIA91LA146: Piper PA-28-181, N83021, Cedar Key, FL, May 15, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1991, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Coordinates: 29.140962, -83.029953 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1410&lon=-83.0300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32871
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32871/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA146

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY FOR WIND CONDITIONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT USED WRONG RUNWAY FOR WIND CONDITIONS AND LANDED WITH TAIL WIND. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP AIRCRAFT BEFORE RUNNING OFF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N83021](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83021), registered now, S/N 28-8190104, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-360-A1D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (registry code 41504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8190104
- Airframe hours: 1899
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bay Air Flying Service. Inc.
- Registered owner: Bay Air Flying Service. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 18, 1992, 50 hours before
- Departed: SPG, ST. PETERSBURG, FL
- Airport: CDK, George T. Lewis, runway 5, 2,355 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 306 total, 19 in this make and model, 209 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 53 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 19910515016189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910515016189A), May 15, 1991: Piper PA28181, Cedar Key, FL, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on short runway. Was unable to stop. Ran off end runway into a bay.

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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