# Accident 20130101000339A: Piper PA-30, Jasper, AL, January 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2013, 22:40 local time
- Place: Jasper, AL
- Airport: Walker County-Bevill Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8861° N, 87.3167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8861&lon=-87.3167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7700Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130101000339A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT GAINED UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO A CLASS OF AIRPLANE (MULTIENGINE) FOR WHICH HE WAS NOT RATED. HE THEN BOARDED TWO PASSENGERS AND DEPARTED INTO EXTREMELY LOW, NIGHT IFR CONDITIONS. APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE AFTER TAKE OFF AND ENTERING THE CLOUD DECK, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND 1 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT.

## 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 ERA13FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA101), Jan 2, 2013: Piper PA-30 (N7700Y), Jasper, AL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s poor judgment to take a multiengine airplane for which he did not have experience or permission to operate and depart into night instrument meteorological conditions, which…

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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