# Accident 19960831025399A: Piper PA23250, Jennings, LA, August 31, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1996, 23:30 local time
- Place: Jennings, LA
- Airport: Jennings Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2203° N, 92.6499° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2203&lon=-92.6499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14196, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14196-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96GA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96GA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960831025399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT SPRAYING FOR MOSQUITOES, RAN OUT OF FUEL, CRASHED. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED AS PUBLIC USE BY THE JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1, OF JENNINGS, LOUISIANA. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN JENNINGS, LOUISIANA, AT 2130, LOCAL TIME. SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS BEGAN AT 2400 HOURS, LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON IN A WOODY SWAMP AREA NEAR JENNINGS, LOUISIANA. THE INVESTIGATION BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS ONGOING. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES WERE SHIPPED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR FURTHER INSPECTIONS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW96GA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96GA365), Aug 31, 1996: Piper PA-23-250 (N14196), Jennings, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance. Factors were the pilot's lack of recent experience in the make and model of airplane, the dark night, and fog.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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