Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Peter O' Knight Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Tampa, Florida 33622
Sunday, October 24, 2004 8:20 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot stated the preflight, start, taxi, and run-up, were conducted in accordance with the aircraft checklist prior to the takeoff roll. Upon reaching the rotation speed, backpressure was applied to the control yoke when the airplane failed to respond to the control inputs, she made the decision to abort the takeoff. During the aborted takeoff the airplane traveled off the paved runway surface. Upon contact with the grass at the end of runway 03 the airplane skid sideways towards the seawall. The airplane went over the seawall and became submerged in the water. The non-pilot passenger stated she was seated to the right of the pilot at the time of accident. The pilot tried to stop, but the airplane skidded off the runway and over the seawall. She and the pilot exited the airplane without assistance. A witness stated to the local police that she was driving northeast on Davis boulevard paralleling runway 03 at the Peter O'Knight Airport, when she observed the accident airplane on the takeoff roll. She observed the airplane going "very fast" down the runway. Past the point she thought it should takeoff, it veered to the right, traveled off the runway and went into the water. She was unsure if the airplanes nose rose off the ground or not. She stated she never heard the engine turn off. The FAA inspector who responded to the accident scene stated that the flap indicator on the instrument panel was positioned near the zero-degree mark.The flight controls were checked and they operated normal with no binding. At the time the airplane was pulled from the water the flap configuration was not at the required 10-degrees for normal takeoff. The 112A flight manual requires the pilot to use 10-degrees of flaps for normal takeoff. The aircraft was departing from runway 03, a published 3,400-foot-long runway.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's failure to properly set flaps for takeoff which resulted in the aborted takeoff and subsequent impact with water during an overrun of the runway and seawall.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/24/2004 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 820 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Tampa |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 33622 |
| Event Date Year | 2004 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 272741N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0822713W |
| Event Location Airport | Peter O' Knight Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | TPF |
| 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 | 8 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 820 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KTPF |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 8 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 25000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4600 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 10 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 21 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 3 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.03 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 101 |
| 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) | 17799 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Atlanta Comm Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 24 2004 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 935 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 8 2005 12:51PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Tampa FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N112ND |
| NTSB Number | MIA05LA012 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Rockwell |
| Aircraft Model | 112A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 336 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2650 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 3 2004 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 21 |
| Airframe Hours | 3172 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Camille A Branch Turley |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 7103 Silvermill Dr. |
| Aircraft Owner City | Tampa |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 33635 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| 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) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KTPF |
| Departure City | Tampa |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 815 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | KLAL |
| Destination City | Lakeland |
| Destination State | FL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff - aborted |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | Yes |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 4 2005 10:28AM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 03 |
| Runway Length | 3400 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |