Piper PA23 N4317Y

Summary

On 16 June 2017 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA23 registered N4317Y was involved in an accident near Cedar Key, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 June 2017 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Cedar Key, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

George T Lewis (CDK)

Coordinates

29.1364, -83.0475

Aircraft

Piper PA23

Registration

N4317Y

Category

Airplane

Year built

1962

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newnan → Cedar Key

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA17CA208

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to stop the airplane within the available runway after conducting the approach and landing with a tailwind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the takeoff, climb, and en route portions of the cross-country flight were uneventful. He checked the wind sock before landing, and it was "flaccid," indicating calm wind. He slowed the airplane to 80 mph on final approach and landed near the approach end of the runway, which was 2,355 ft long. He estimated that the airplane should have rolled to a stop; however, it continued down the runway despite heavy braking. The airplane departed the end of the runway, traveled across a small road and down an embankment, and came to rest in water at the edge of the airport boundary. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the wreckage and reported that the airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage and submersion in salt water. There were tire skid marks on the runway leading to the wreckage. A weather buoy, located about 1 mile east of the airport, recorded wind from the west about the time of the accident, which would have resulted in a tailwind of up to 8 knots. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.