# Accident 20170407008429A: Piper PA-28-180, Oxford, IA, April 7, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2017, 15:08 local time
- Place: Oxford, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6567° N, 91.6981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6567&lon=-91.6981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9179J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9179J-2017-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170407008429A

## Narrative

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

CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE ENGAGED IN TRAINING APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTH OF THE GREEN CASTLE AERO CLUB AIRPORT. RADAR IMAGES INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETED FOUR DIFFERENT MANEUVERS AND HAD CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 3,575 FEET ON A 181 DEGREE HEADING. THE FINAL SIX RADAR IMAGES INDICATE A SUDDEN LOSS OF ALTITUDE AND HEADING CHANGES UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT DROPS OFF THE RADAR SCREEN AT 1,250 FEET ON A 210 DEGREE HEADING. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND IN A BEAN FIELD FACING 284 DEGREES WEST. GROUND IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENCE FIRE KILLED BOTH OCCUPANTS AND DESTROYED MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE SUSTAINED IMPACT AND FIRE DAMAGE. THE COCKPIT AND FUSELAGE WERE DESTROYED. EYEWITNESS REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT AS IT APPEARED TO BE HANGING IN THE AIR AND THEN ENTER INTO A SPIN AND DISAPPEAR BEHIND A HILL FOLLOWED BY HEARING A GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 CEN17FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA147), Apr 7, 2017: Piper PA-28-180 (N9179J), Oxford, IA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot receiving instruction to recover from the practice stall before the airplane entered a spin and the flight instructor's inadequate monitoring of the pilot receiving…

## Other reports on N9179J (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120527009559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120527009559I), May 27, 2012: Piper PA-28-180 (N9179J), Oxford, IA, No damage. The pilot temporarily lost control during a crosswind landing. He attempted to land in the grass adjacent to the runway, but subsequently touched down in the…
- [Incident 19940129003379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940129003379I), Jan 29, 1994: Piper PA28180 (N9179J), Sanford, ME, Minor damage. Narrative: on 01-29-94, 1335 local, a Piper PA-28-180C, N9179J, owned and piloted by steven rayment under flight instruction by christy hauschka, CFI 2473182,…

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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