18 Oct 2014: PIPER PA-24-260

18 Oct 2014: PIPER PA-24-260 — Unknown operator

No fatalities • Everglades City, FL, United States

Probable cause

The pilot's improper approach to landing and his failure to perform a go-around, which resulted in a runway overshoot, runway excursion, and collision with vegetation and water.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

According to the pilot, the flight was uneventful; however, as he flared the airplane in ground effect, it floated and overran the runway coming to rest inverted, in about 6 feet of water. He was unable to recall if he applied power to the engine in order to perform a go-around. An eyewitness reported that the airplane's landing gear did not make contact with the runway surface and subsequently contacted mangrove vegetation at the departure end of the runway prior to the airplane nosing over into the water. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or abnormalities with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Contributing factors

  • cause Pilot
  • cause Pilot
  • cause Pilot
  • factor Landing distance — Not attained/maintained

Conditions

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