The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.
Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Orlando, Florida
Ari Ben Aviator Inc
Location: Fort Pierce, FL
Accident Number: ERA21LA139
Date & Time: February 22, 2021, 09:57 Local
Registration: N885AC
Aircraft: Piper PA-28-181
Injuries: 2 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Instructional
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: Piper
Registration: N885AC
Model/Series: PA-28-181
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: No
Operator:
Operating Certificate(s) Held: Pilot school (141)
Operator Designator Code:
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site:
Condition of Light:
Observation Facility, Elevation: FPR
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Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: / ,
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Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Fort Pierce, FL (FPR)
Destination: Fort Pierce, FL
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 2 None
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries:
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries:
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 2 None
Latitude, Longitude: 27.497472,-80.372639 (est)
St. Lucie County Fire District
FORT PIERCE
At 10:04 ARFF 216 was dispatched for a small plane with collapsed landing gear and two souls onboard. Other units were dispatched and staged nearby. The plane landed without incident and there were no injuries.
"“Souls on board” — it is one of the most sobering phrases in aviation. Everyone from the veteran pilot and controller to the newbie passenger and casual observer understands the significance of the term intuitively. Yet its origin in aviation history is a mystery. There are plenty of theories and a few clues but no clear answers to the questions of when and why it entered the lingo.
ReplyDelete“That term ‘souls on board’ doesn’t ring a bell insofar as the [Air Traffic Control Manual] is concerned,” said Rod Peterson, a retired controller who researched the history of the handbook that controllers use. “However, it was something I learned ‘by legend’ in my air traffic control development.”
The concept of counting souls on board a vessel dates back at least to the first century, with two nautical references in the Bible books of Acts and 1 Peter. But contrary to what English speakers might think today when they hear the word “soul,” the Greek word for it in those two passages didn’t have a spiritual meaning." https://danny-glover.medium.com/the-mystery-of-souls-on-board-fa8e704354c1