Piper PA-34-200 accident near Double Springs, AL
On August 23, 1995, a Piper PA-34-200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Double Springs, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 23, 1995
- Place
- Double Springs, AL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-34-200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.140°N, 87.400°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04146
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 23, 1995, about 1200 central daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200, N15866, collided with the ground during an uncontrolled descent, at the Double Springs, Winston County Airport, Double Springs, Alabama. The airplane was operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. A flight plan was not filed for the personal flight. The private pilot and his passenger were fatally injured. Origination of the flight was about 0730, on the same day, from the David Jay Perry Airport, Goldsby, Oklahoma. Witnesses observed the airplane on a right downwind, with the landing gear extended, for runway 03. According to the witnesses, the airplane was very slow, and was wallowing through the air, with the nose moving about the yaw axis. As the airplane began what the witnesses interpreted to be a right base turn, one engine quit. The witnesses were not positive which engine quit, nor were they positive which direction the airplane rolled. The airplane rolled 360 degrees as it entered a steep, nose down descent, and disappeared behind trees. According to an inspector with the Oklahoma Flight Standards District Office, acquaintances of the pilot, who were departing on a local flight, saw N15866 being towed from its storage hangar, in Goldsby, Oklahoma, about 0700, the morning of the accident. When the acquaintances returned from their flight, about 0730, N15866 had departed. At approximately 0424 local time, the pilot called the McAlester Automated Flight Service Station by telephone, and obtained a pre-fl
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to follow emergency procedures for loss of engine power, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and improper fuel consumption calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and his lack of recent multiengine flight experience.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
