# Accident 20090106003249A: Piper PA25235, Pensacola, FL, January 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2009, 10:45 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Ferguson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3922° N, 87.3428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3922&lon=-87.3428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7160Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7160Z-2014-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090106003249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18 FURGESON AIRPORT (82J), PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS DURING CLIMB OUT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  PILOT ATTEMPTED LEFT TURN BACK TO RUNWAY, STALLED THE AIRCRAFT, SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTING THE GROUND 50 FOOT EAST OF THE RUNWAY, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 ERA09LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA131), Jan 6, 2009: Piper PA-25-235 (N7160Z), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed following a total loss of engine power during a low-level approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was fuel exhaustion…

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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