Piper PA-30 accident near Parkland, FL
On December 8, 2007, a Piper PA-30 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Parkland, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 8, 2007
- Place
- Parkland, FL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 26.347°N, 80.315°W
- NTSB ID
- 20071227X02001
NTSB summary
On December 8, 2007, at 1454 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-30, N766CC, operated by an private owner, and a Cessna 152, N24478, operated by Rohan Aviation, Incorporated, doing business as Kemper Aviation, were destroyed in a mid-air collision over The Everglades, near Parkland, Florida. The certificated private pilot in the Piper and the certificated student pilot in the Cessna were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The Piper was operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan from Ocala International Airport-Jim Taylor Field (OCF), Ocala, Florida, to Pompano Beach Airpark (PMP), Pompano Beach, Florida. The personal flight was conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The Cessna, which was not operating on a flight plan, departed Palm Beach County Airport (LNA), Lantana, Florida, for Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The solo instructional flight was also conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to a representative of the flight school, the student pilot had intended to fly from Lantana, over Willis Gliderport (FA44), Boynton Beach, Florida, then southward over a practice area, before turning southeastward and landing in Fort Lauderdale. A review of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control data and voice transmissions revealed no voice communications with the Cessna, and none would have been required. Both airplanes had operating transponders and altitude encoders, with the Piper operating on a discreet transponder code, and the Cessna operating on a standard 1200
Probable cause
Both pilots' failure to see and avoid the other airplane. Contributing to the accident were the erroneous readouts from the Cessna's altitude encoder.
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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.
