Piper PA-28-140 accident near Pembroke Pines, FL
On August 13, 1999, a Piper PA-28-140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pembroke Pines, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 13, 1999
- Place
- Pembroke Pines, FL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 26.031°N, 80.239°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19578
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 13, 1999, about 1744 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N754AR, registered to Rubin & Rubin P.A., crashed into a house shortly after takeoff from the North Perry Airport, Pembroke Pines, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was destroyed and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The house sustained fire and impact damage and there were no reported injuries to the four individuals in the house at the time of the accident. The flight originated approximately 2 minutes earlier. According to a transcription of communications with the North Perry Air Traffic Control Tower (HWO ATCT), at 1739:01, the pilot contacted the combined local/ground position and advised that the flight was at Hollywood Aviation with Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS) information "Delta", departing to the east. The controller cleared the pilot to taxi to runway 9R, and at 1741:29, the pilot advised the controller that the flight was ready for departure eastbound from runway 9R. The flight was cleared to takeoff at 1741:33, which was acknowledged by the pilot. There were no further recorded radio transmissions from the pilot. According to a pilot-rated witness standing outside hangars located east and south of the departure end of runway 09R, he saw the airplane climbing out of runway 9R. He reported, "It was unusually low considering its location. It reached about 150' then leveled off-the nose then pit
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed and inadvertent stall of the airplane by the pilot-in-command resulting in the uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with a house. Contributing factors in the accident were the loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons, the operation of the airplane by the pilot-in-command under the influence of marijuana contrary to federal regulations,
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
