- Date
- July 6, 1991, 13:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Everglades City, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41402Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910706026279A
- Case key
- 32898
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Probable cause
Unsuitable terrain encountered during a precautionary landing.
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
During cruise flt the plt reported that he smelled something similar to plastic burning. He elected to perform a precautionary landing on a rd but during the landing roll, the rt wing collided with an obscured sign. No determination could be made as to the reason for the smell associated with plastic burning. The road was the only suitable terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41402
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415202
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shannon Executive Service, Inc
- Registered owner
- Shannon Executive Service, Inc
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1991
- Departed
- HWD · Hollywood, FL
- Destination
- X00 · Naples, FL
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,900 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 99 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.