ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170530
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| Date: | Saturday 18 October 2014 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-260 Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N254WM |
| MSN: | 24-4167 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5825 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Everglades Airpark (X01), Everglades City, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Naples, FL (APF) |
| Everglades City, FL (X01) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, the flight was uneventful; however, as he flared the airplane in ground effect, it floated and overran the runway coming to rest inverted, in about 6 feet of water. He was unable to recall if he applied power to the engine in order to perform a go-around. An eyewitness reported that the airplane's landing gear did not make contact with the runway surface and subsequently contacted mangrove vegetation at the departure end of the runway prior to the airplane nosing over into the water. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or abnormalities with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper approach to landing and his failure to perform a go-around, which resulted in a runway overshoot, runway excursion, and collision with vegetation and water.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2014 08:20 | Rumbachtaler | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 08:22 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 18:34 | Geno | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 20-Oct-2014 08:05 | Chieftain | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:29 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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