# Accident 20030608015469A: Piper PA44180, Battleboro, NC, June 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2003, 13:41 local time
- Place: Battleboro, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0019° N, 77.6836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0019&lon=-77.6836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N578TP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N578TP-2003-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 275 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030608015469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N578TP WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. CFI BURGESS WAS INSTRUCTING. ANDERSON WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN AMEL CFI. A SECOND STUDENT, KERNS, WAS IN THE REAR SEAT. MS. KERNS WAS STUDYING FOR AMEL ADD ON. MS. ANDERSON HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH RDU FSS. AT APPROX. 13:08 LOCAL TIME, WASHINGTON CENTER RECEIVED A CALL FROM N578TP. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HANDED OFF FROM RDU TOWER. WASHINGTON CENTER ACKNOWLEDGED THE CALL. THIS CALL WAS A FEMALE VOICE. AT APPROX. 13:15 LOCAL DTIME, N578TP AGAIN CONTACTED WASHINGTON CENTER STATING THEY WERE VFR AND REQUESTED CANCELLATION OF IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THIS CALL WAS BY A MALE VOICE. WASHINGTON CENTER ACKNOWLEDGED IFR CANCELLATION AND GAVE TRANSPONDER AND FREQUENCY CHANGE INSTRUCTIONS. AT APPROX. 13:41 WITNESSES SAW THE AIRCRAFT SPIN INTO THE GROUND. INDICATIONS ARE A STALL & FLAT SPIN.

## 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 ATL03FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA104), Jun 8, 2003: Piper PA-44-180 (N578TP), Battleboro, NC, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's (CFI) failure to maintain flying speed that resulted in a stall/spin and the uncontrolled collision with the ground.

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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