Piper PA 38-112 accident near Jasper, GA
On October 8, 2015, a Piper PA 38-112 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jasper, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 8, 2015
- Place
- Jasper, GA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 38-112 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.443°N, 84.452°W
- NTSB ID
- 20151008X02333
Official records · ERA16FA005
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 8, 2015, about 1830 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-38-112, N4313E, operated by Asterix Aviation LLC, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain after a loss of engine power in Jasper, Georgia. The student pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local solo instructional flight conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91, which departed from Pickens County Airport (JZP), Jasper, Georgia, about 1720. According to the student pilot's flight instructor, the student pilot was on his second supervised solo flight. The instructor reported that he saw the student pilot perform the preflight inspection of the airplane and that the student pilot "reported to him" that 14 gallons of fuel were in the airplane. The flight instructor could not recall if he backed the student up by visually checking the fuel quantity himself and could not recall if the student used a fuel stick when checking the quantity. The flight school's general manager, who was leaving the airport at the time, saw the flight instructor on the ramp using his mobile phone while the student was performing the preflight inspection. The flight instructor reported that, after takeoff from JZP, the student flew to the practice area and returned to the airport about an hour later. The student then performed a touch-and-go landing on runway 16. During climb after the touch-and-go, the flight instructor heard the engine suddenly stop running. The airplane then "sunk down," and he saw the
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to accurately determine the airplane's fuel state, subsequent fuel exhaustion, and a total loss of engine power during initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate oversight of the student pilot's preflight inspection, the flight school's lack of fueling procedures, and the student pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle
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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.
