# Accident 20151008024139A: Piper PA-38-112, Jasper, GA, October 8, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2015, 18:33 local time
- Place: Jasper, GA
- Airport: Pickens County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4431° N, 84.4517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4431&lon=-84.4517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4313E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4313E-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151008024139A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 08 2015 THIS OFFICE RECEIVED INITIAL INFORMATION OF AN ACCIDENT AT PICKENS COUNTY GEORGIA AIRPORT (KJZP). ONE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, N4313E; S/N 38-78A05476. INITIAL CALL WAS THAT AIRCRAFT HAD A LOSS OF POWER.

ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING TAKE-OFF / CLIMB OUT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED FROM THE RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. STUDENT-PILOT WAS ON SOLO FLIGHT AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. STUDENT- PILOT HAD ACQUIRED 13.5 KNOWN FLIGHT HOURS IN THIS MAKE/ MODEL AIRCRAFT.

INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT ON 09 OCTOBER 2015 AT 10:00 AM. UPON ARRIVAL WE SPOKE WITH FIRST RESPONDER THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF OF THE JASPER FIRE DEPT.  HE INFORMED US THAT THE REMAINS OF THE PILOT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND AREA OF ACCIDENT SECURED. HE ALSO INFORMED US THAT THE ONLY KNOWN EYEWITNESS WAS CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE CFI?S STATEMENT IS ATTACHED.

AFTER REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT AND OBVIOUS DAMAGE IT IS IN MY OPINION THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT UNDER ENGINE POWER AT IMPACT. LYCOMING REPRESENTATIVE EXPLORED THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE ENGINE. HE DID NOT FIND ANY DAMAGED OR DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS THAT WOULD SUGGEST ENGINE FAILURE.

DURING FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE CONFIGURATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT, AND FUEL INFORMATION SUGGEST THERE MAY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN UNUSABLE FUEL ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THIS INVESTIGATION. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF EXCESSIVE FUEL SPILLAGE AT THE SCENE OF THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA16FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA005), Oct 8, 2015: Piper PA 38-112 (N4313E), Jasper, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to accurately determine the airplane's fuel state, subsequent fuel exhaustion, and a total loss of engine power during initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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