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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Foley, AL · May 6, 2019

Date: May 6, 2019 · 12:47 local
Place: Foley, AL
Airport: Foley Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: 9LIS
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N5542U
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA19FA164
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 977 total507 in this make and model205 in the last 90 days

N5542URegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-26264 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Aircraft conducting instructional touch and go/engine out procedures. During climb out, the aircraft lost power and stalled to the left. Aircraft impacted the terrain just beyond and parallel to the taxiway cart wheeling down a small hill at a nose low angle. The instructor pilot was seriously injured and the student pilot was fatally injured. The aircraft was completely destroyed

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CONDUCTING INSTRUCTIONAL TOUCH AND GO/ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES. DURING CLIMB OUT, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND STALLED TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN JUST BEYOND AND PARALLEL TO THE TAXIWAY CART WHEELING DOWN A SMALL HILL AT A NOSE LOW ANGLE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED

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 ERA19FA164Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportFoley, ALA partial loss of engine power due to a stuck exhaust valve and the flight instructor's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack following the loss of power, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude.May 6, 2019 · Destroyed