# Accident 20150930017289A: Piper PA-30, Clearwater, FL, September 30, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2015, 11:48 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9197° N, 82.6892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9197&lon=-82.6892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21ND-2019-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 769 total, 222 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA378) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150930017289A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA15FA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA378), Sep 30, 2015: Piper PA 30 (N21ND), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

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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