# Accident 20190506006479A: Piper PA-28-140, Foley, AL, May 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2019, 12:47 local time
- Place: Foley, AL
- Airport: Foley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 9LIS
- Location: 30.4328° N, 87.7022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4328&lon=-87.7022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5542U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5542U-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 977 total, 507 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190506006479A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ERA19FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA164), May 6, 2019: Piper PA28 (N5542U), Foley, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A 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…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.