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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Double Spring, AL · August 23, 1995

Date
August 23, 1995 · 12:00 local
Place
Double Spring, AL
Airport
Double Spring-Winston County A
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N15866
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL95FA162
Reported as
Piper PA34200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1E6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,551 total158 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost left engine circling slow and wobbly. Below VMC rolled. Hit trees. Fuel tanks were empty. Misused se procedure

As the FAA filed it

LOST LEFT ENGINE CIRCLING SLOW AND WOBBLY. BELOW VMC ROLLED. HIT TREES. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. MISUSED SE PROCEDURE

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.