Piper PA-32-260 accident near Venice, FL
On May 20, 2004, a Piper PA-32-260 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Venice, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 20, 2004
- Place
- Venice, FL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-260 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 27.069°N, 82.441°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040601X00703
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 20, 2004, about 1815 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3331W, registered to Freedom Aviation LLC, and operated by a private individual, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed while performing touch-and-go landings at Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft incurred substantial damage and the private-rated pilot received fatal injuries. The flight had originated from Venice Municipal Airport minutes before the accident. The pilot's wife stated that at the time of the accident she was at the Venice Airport, standing near the hangar where they keep the airplane. She observed her husband doing touch-and-go landings to runway 22. Just prior to the accident, her husband approached to land on runway 22. The airplane never touched down on the runway. As the airplane neared the runway she observed it do a slight lift back up to about the height of a 2 1/2 story building. The right wing then raised up and the left wing dropped down. She stopped watching the airplane and ran to a person at another hangar to call for help. She does not recall the engine sounds. There were some other airplanes taking off before her husband, but they had left the area. At the time of the accident, there were no other airplanes flying in the area. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held an FAA private pilot certificate with airplane single engine land privileges, issued on December 16, 2003. The pilot held an FAA third-class medical certificate issued on July 22,
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to recover from an improper landing flare resulting in his failure to maintain airspeed (Vs), an inadvertant stall, loss of control, and inflight collision with terrain during an uncontrolled descent.
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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.
