Piper PA-32-300 N198GM

Summary

On 19 October 2003 at about 19:40 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N198GM was involved in an accident near Everglades City, Florida, United States. One person was 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

19 October 2003 at 19:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Everglades City, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Everglades Airpark (X01)

Coordinates

25.8486, -81.3900

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N198GM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Everglades City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA04CA006

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glide path during the approach to land, which resulted in him undershooting the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he had just taken off when the forward baggage compartment opened, and he entered the traffic pattern to land at the same airport he had just departed from. He said the approach was normal, but while on short final the descent rate increased, and the main landing gear contacted the ground about 5 feet short of the runway. He said the airplane then bounced on the runway surface, and it continued about 1,200 feet down the centerline of the runway before the left main landing gear separated from the airplane. The airplane then departed to the left side of the runway and into the grass. He also said that prior to the accident there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.