Palm Beach County Glades Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Pahokee, Florida 33476
Monday, July 9, 2001 15:00 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot receiving instruction and the CFI were making an approach for landing. The checklist was not completed which resulted in a wheels up landing.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to follow the checklist while making an approach for landing resulting in a wheels up landing. Contributing to the accident was the certified flight instructor inadequate supervision of the rated pilot receiving instruction.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/9/2001
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1500
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Pahokee
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33476
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 264709N
Event Location Longitude 0804136W
Event Location Airport Palm Beach County Glades
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PHK
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 18
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1524 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID PHK
Elevation of weather observation facility 18
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1400
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 210
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 15
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.98
Density Altitude (feet) 1035
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 11130
NTSB Notification Source NTSB SERA Regional Office
NTSB Notification Date Sep 7 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 800
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 4 2001 12:55PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Fort Lauderdale FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N747DN
NTSB Number ATL01LA104
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Piper
Aircraft Model PA-46-500TP
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 4697038
Certified Max Gross Weight 4815
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 5
Number of Engines --
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name New Piper Aircraft Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 2926 Piper Drive
Aircraft Owner City Vero Beach
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 32960
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name New Piper Aircraft Inc.
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 2926 Piper Dr.
Operator City Vero Beach
Operator State FL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 32960
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code VRB
Departure City Vero Beach
Departure State FL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1400
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code PHK
Destination City Pahokee
Destination State FL
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Oct 11 2001 1:56PM
User who most recently changed record PREJ
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 35
Runway Length 4116
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --