NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA99LA063
Registry · N9225N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-161
Year of manufacture
1989 · 10 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O-320-D3G (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19890110
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACC8AC
Registrant of record
ORMOND AIRCRAFT LEASING & MANAGEMENT INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot-in command's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the lack of total experience by the pilot-in-command.
Factual narrative
On January 5, 1999, about 1348 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-161, N9225N, registered to Flight Safety International, Inc., experienced a loss of control on takeoff from the Palm Beach County Glades Airport, Pahokee, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. The pilot stated that he was performing a soft field takeoff from runway 35, and after rotation, the airplane drifted to the left. He attempted to continue to climb and leveled the wings but when the flight was about 60 feet agl, the airplane stalled then impacted the ground. The airplane was determined by the FAA to have impacted the ground about 60 feet to the left of the runway centerline on a magnetic heading of about 335 in a nose low attitude. The airplane then rotated to the right and came to rest on a heading of 080 degrees, within 60 feet from the initial impact point. The student pilot stated that he was performing a soft field takeoff and after rotation, the airplane drifted to the left. He attempted to continue to climb and leveled the wings, but when the airplane was about 60 feet above ground level, the airplane stalled and impacted the ground. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1999_MIA99LA063.txt.
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Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall, loss of control). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.
- Semantic Scholar 2016 · Article (Interacción)
Trajectory Recovery System: Angle of Attack Guidance for Inflight Loss of Control
This paper describes the design and development of an ecological display to aid pilots in the recovery of an In-Flight Loss of Control event due to a Stall (ILOC-S).
- NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports 2010 · Accident report
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- NASA NTRS 2026 · Conference Paper
Computational Analysis of Steady State Aerodynamics of Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration in Deep Stall
This study presents a computational investigation of steady state aerodynamics of the Subsonic Ultra-Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) configuration over a wide range …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2025 · Journal article (JAAER)
A Scoping Review of Aviation Loss of Control Inflight Research
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- arXiv 2025 · arXiv preprint
Quadratic Programming Approach to Flight Envelope Protection Using Control Barrier Functions
Ensuring the safe operation of aerospace systems within their prescribed flight envelope is a fundamental requirement for modern flight control systems.
- SKYbrary (Eurocontrol) 2024 · SKYbrary article
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