# Accident 20150714009849A: Piper PA-32-300, Brazoria, TX, July 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2015, 10:32 local time
- Place: Brazoria, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9064° N, 95.6042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9064&lon=-95.6042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555PK-2015-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,658 total, 150 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA305) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150714009849A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND IN LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE.  ENGINE WAS TURNING, BUT NOT MAKING POWER.  RH WING TANK HAD FUEL. FUEL SELECTOR WAS NOT VISIBLE DUE TO CRASH IMPACT DAMAGE.  NO ENGINE PROBLEMS FOUND DURING POST CRASH EXAM.

## 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 CEN15FA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA305), Jul 14, 2015: Piper PA 32-300 (N555PK), Brazoria, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to arrest the descent in a timely manner and the flight instructor's failure to safely intervene in the routine training maneuver for reasons that could not be determined…

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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