14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, February 18, 2016 in Tavernier, FL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/03/2016
Aircraft: PINKSTON RANDY T RV-7, registration: N705RP
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The private pilot was landing the experimental, amateur-built airplane at a residential airpark. Immediately following the accident, a state trooper interviewed the pilot, who stated that the landing was his first one at the residential airpark and that he thought that the side road was the runway. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical or weather issues as he was attempting to land. The airplane struck three mailboxes, a basketball hoop, phone lines, and a car and then came to rest inverted.
In a later statement, the pilot reported that, during landing, he noticed a car off the side of the runway on a parallel access road. He was concerned with the proximity of the car to his intended landing area, and he executed a go-around. With dusk approaching, he decided to make an "abbreviated" traffic pattern and "circle back around" to land on the runway. He applied full power, began the turn, and reported that the engine "backfired." The airplane did not climb normally, and as the pilot turned the airplane, it was unable to gain sufficient altitude for the pilot to maintain sight of the runway. Given the pilot's statement, it is likely that he misidentified the parallel access road for the runway and, upon landing, hit multiple obstacles.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's misidentification of a parallel roadway for the runway and the airplane's subsequent collision with numerous objects during landing.
**This report was modified on September 12, 2016. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report.**
HISTORY OF FLIGHT
On February 18, 2016 about 1815 eastern standard time, an experimental amateur-built Van's RV-7A airplane, N705RP, landed on a roadway and nosed over near the Tavernaero Park Airport (FA81) in Tavernier, Florida. The private pilot sustained no injuries. The airplane was registered to BBK Aircraft LLC, Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, and operated by the pilot as a dusk, visual flight rules personal flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the Marco Island Airport (MKY) in Marco Island, Florida, about 1745.
The pilot reported he was conducting an approach to runway 8 when he noticed a car off the side of the runway on a parallel access road. He reported that he was concerned with the proximity of the car to his intended landing area and he executed a go-around. With dusk approaching, he made the decision to make an "abbreviated" traffic pattern and "circle back around" to land on the runway. He applied full power, began the turn, and reported that the engine "backfired." He reported that the airplane was not "climbing normally" and as he made his turn, he was unable to gain sufficient altitude to maintain sight of the runway.
The pilot reported that he circled back to the runway heading and viewed what he believed were the homes along the side of the runway threshold. He reported that the airplane was still unable to climb, but he anticipated that the runway would appear after he had cleared a small block of homes. He further reported that when the runway did not appear, and without the airplane being able to climb, he committed to landing on a road which was two blocks south of and parallel to the runway. During the landing roll, the airline impacted a three mail boxes, a basketball hoop, a couple of residential telephone lines, and a car and then came to rest upside-down in a bush. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the fuselage, the rudder, the firewall, and the engine mounts.
In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board, a Florida State Trooper who responded to the scene of the accident reported in part that, about 6:38 pm, he was dispatched to an aircraft crash on Plantation Ave in Tavernier. Upon his arrival, he observed a yellow and white airplane bearing the tail number N705RP upside down in a driveway. He identified the pilot by his pilot license. The pilot was standing by a crowd of people uninjured, and the pilot reported that he had been the only person on the airplane. The trooper reported that he asked the pilot what happened, and the pilot responded ,"This is my first time down here at this landing strip and I thought that the side road (Plantation Ave) was the runway". The pilot further told the trooper that there were no mechanical or weather issues as he was attempting to land.
WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION
The photographs of the wreckage provided by the Federal Aviation Administration showed that the airplane came to rest upside-down in a bush in a residential area. Both wings and the rudder sustained substantial damage from impact. The airframe and engine were not examined by the National Transportation Safety Board.
BBK AIRCRAFT LLC: http://registry.faa.gov/N705RP
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Miami FSDO-19
NTSB Identification: GAA16LA135
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, February 18, 2016 in Tavernier, FL
Aircraft: PINKSTON RANDY T RV-7, registration: N705RP
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On February 18, 2016 about 1815 eastern standard time, an experimental amateur-built Van's RV-7A airplane, N705RP, had a partial loss of engine power while doing a go-around at the Tavernaero Park Airport (FA81) in Tavernier, Florida. The private pilot sustained no injuries. The airplane was registered to BBK Aircraft LLC, Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, and operated by the pilot as a dusk, visual flight rules personal flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the Marco Island Airport (MKY) in Marco Island, Florida, about 1745.
The pilot reported he was conducting an approach to runway 8 when he noticed a car off the side of the runway on a parallel access road. He reported that he was concerned with the proximity of the car to his intended landing area and he executed a go-around. With dusk approaching, he made the decision to make an "abbreviated" traffic pattern and "circle back around" to land on the runway. He applied full power, began the turn, and reported that the engine "backfired." He reported that the airplane was not "climbing normally" and as he made his turn, he was unable to gain sufficient altitude to maintain sight of the runway.
The pilot reported that he circled back to the runway heading and viewed what he believed were the homes "along the side of the threshold of runway 8." He reported that the airplane was still unable to climb, but anticipated that the runway would appear after he had cleared a small block of homes. He further reported that when the runway did not appear, and without the airplane being able to climb, he committed to landing on a road which was two blocks south of and parallel to runway 8. During the landing roll, the airline impacted a portable basketball hoop and a residential telephone line, and came to rest upside-down in a bush. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage.
TAVERNIER, Fla. - A small plane crashed Thursday night in a Florida Keys yard while trying to land at a nearby airport.
The crash was reported about 6:40 p.m. in Tavernier.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the Rans RV 7 crashed into a Tavernier subdivision while attempting to land at TavernAero Park Airport.
The pilot, who was the only person on board, wasn't injured in the crash, and there were no reported injuries on the ground.
Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Becky Herrin said the plane struck some telephone lines on Plantation Avenue.
Carol Houtzel was at home when the plane crashed into her front yard, damaging her sport utility vehicle parked in the driveway.
"We just all looked at each other like, 'What happened?' And I ran out on the deck and I looked over the edge and there was a tail of a plane in my front yard," Houtzel told Local 10 News reporter Derek Shore.
A neighbor said she saw the plane fly by low to the ground and then circle back, as if the pilot "thought this was the landing strip." She said the wing of the plane clipped a mailbox and a basketball hoop.
Neighbors and first responders helped free the pilot, who was hanging upside down.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Story and video: http://www.local10.com
A North Carolina man unfamiliar with the Upper Keys crash landed his small plane on a Tavernier street thinking it was the runway Thursday evening.
James B. Chapman, 59, from Denver, N.C., was looking for the landing strip at TavernAero Park, a neighborhood with a small airport off mile marker 90. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Chapman mistook nearby Plantation Avenue for the runway.
He was flying about 15 feet off the ground going east when he descended and struck three mail boxes, a basketball hoop and telephone lines. The Van’s RV-7A single-engine plane then hit a parked car at 114 Plantation Avenue, causing the Chapman’s aircraft to flip over.
Chapman was the only person onboard and did not suffer any injuries.
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