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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Clearwater, FL · September 30, 2015

Date: September 30, 2015 · 11:48 local
Place: Clearwater, FL
Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N21ND
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA15FA378
Reported as: Piper PA-30
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 769 total222 in the last 90 days

N21NDRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 2019 · Piper PA-30S/N 30-86 · Built 1963 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 30-SEP-2015, at approx 11:48AM local, the pilot of the Piper PA-30, N21ND, registered to soward's aircraft leasing, LLC, crashed due to unknown circumstances - impacting a service road and coming to rest upright in a grassy area approx 180 feet east of, and approx 1300 feet from, the departure end of runway 36R, at the st. Petersburg-Clearwater international airport (pie), while in the traffic pattern for touch and go(s).

Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft was substantially damaged (destroyed) and the pilot was fatally injured. There was no post-impact fire.

The flight originated at st. Petersburg-Clearwater international airport (pie) earlier on 30-SEP-2015.

As the FAA filed it

ON 30-SEP-2015, AT APPROX 11:48AM LOCAL, THE PILOT OF THE PIPER PA-30, N21ND, REGISTERED TO SOWARD'S AIRCRAFT LEASING, LLC, CRASHED DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES - IMPACTING A SERVICE ROAD AND COMING TO REST UPRIGHT IN A GRASSY AREA APPROX 180 FEET EAST OF, AND APPROX 1300 FEET FROM, THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36R, AT THE ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIE), WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TOUCH AND GO(S).

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED (DESTROYED) AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THERE WAS NO POST-IMPACT FIRE.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIE) EARLIER ON 30-SEP-2015.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA15FA378Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportSt. Petersburg, FLThe pilot's failure to maintain single-engine minimum controllable airspeed following a loss of right engine power during initial climb. Also causal was the loss of right engine power for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the…Sep 30, 2015 · Substantial damage