# Accident 20010811019189A: Piper PA28RT201, Boonesboro, MD, August 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2001
- Place: Boonesboro, MD
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F1MM
- Location: 39.4458° N, 77.6333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4458&lon=-77.6333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2869F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2869F-2002-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010811019189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND HIS WIFE AND AN ADULT MALE PASSENGER WERE ON A RETURN FLIGHT THAT WAS PART OF A ROUND TRIP ORIGINATING FROM LEE AIRPORT, ANP. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VFR FROM SULLIVAN, IN (SIV) IN THE AM WITH AN ARRIVAL AT THE ZANESVILLE MUNI AIRPORT (ZZV) AT APPROX. 11:30 EDT FOR LUNCH AND RE-FUELING. AIRPORT RECORDS AND A WITNESS ESTABLISH TIME OF DEPARTURE BETWEEN 1700 AND 1800 EDT. AFTER FLYING APPROX. 210 NM. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO SOUTH MTN. APPROX. 14 MI. WEST OF FREDRICK MD (FDK) ALONG THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL NEAR BOONESBORO INTO DENSE FOREST AT APPRO. 1400 FEET MSL. THE PA 28 T ARROW WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT AND CONSUMED BY FIRE, ALL 3 OCCUPANTS WERE FATAL. DEAD ON IMPACT WERE THOMAS E. STONE (PILOT), ANDREW BARONE (FRONT SEAT PASSENGER) AND DONNA STONE (REAR SEAT PASSENGER). THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED BY HIKERS ON THE TRAIL AND REPORTED AT 0730 EDT, 08/12/01. WX REPORTED AT FDK AT 7:20 PM WAS WIND CALM, 3.5 MI VIS, 1200 SCT, 2000 BKN, 3500 OVC.

## 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 IAD01FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA096), Aug 11, 2001: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2869F), Rohrersville, MD, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into obscured, mountanous terrain. Factors included the rising terrain and weather obscuration.

## Other reports on N2869F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970329008639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970329008639I), Mar 29, 1997: Piper PA28RT201 (N2869F), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: N2869F filed IFR clearance from anp to fty pilot requested to land at pdk due to possible low fuel. Cleared by ATC to pdk landed at pdk with gear up.

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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