# Accident 20240102012769A: Piper PA-28R-201, Green Pond, SC, January 2, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2024, 11:28 local time
- Place: Green Pond, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6203° N, 80.6067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6203&lon=-80.6067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N125MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240102012769A

## Narrative

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

EON-DRA MESSAGE TEXT: BEAUFORT, SC (NBC): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, C172, NBCDECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE AND CRASHED INTO A POND ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT WAS MEDIVAC TO LOCAL HOSPITAL. POB: 1, INJURIES: SERIOUS, DAMAGE: SUBSTANTIAL. 01/02/2024 1628Z

PILOT STATEMENT:

PILOT PERFORMED PREFLIGHT AT ARW, BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, AT DEPARTED AT 10:55 AM EST ON 01/02/2024.

CONTACTED BEAUFORT APPROACH, REQUESTED 5500 FT. AND FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO SUMTER, SC (SMS). APPROACH ASSIGNED TRANSPONDER AND RADAR CONFIRMED.

AT 11:01 AM EST, PILOT RADIOED MAYDAY-ENGINE FAILURE AT 2200 FT. AGL. APPROACH IMMEDIATELY OFFERED 2 NEARBY STRIPS FOR LANDING OPTIONS. PILOT ANNOUNCED SHE HAD NO TIME AND WAS LOOKING FOR AN OPEN FIELD FOR EMERGENCY LANDING.

AT 11:05 AM EST, APPROACH AGAIN OFFERED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS A POSSIBLE FIELD, BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE, IMMEDIATELY RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST.AT 700 FT. AGL.

AT 11:11 AM EST, THE EMERGENCY BEACON ACTIVATED.

AT 11:12 AM EST, THE LANDOWNER CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE CRASH.

AT 11:31 AM EST, THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED BY COLLETON COUNTY SHERIFF AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM EST, PILOT WAS FLOWN BY LIFE FLIGHT TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN CHARLESTON, SC.

## 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 ERA24LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA080), Jan 2, 2024: Piper PA-28R-201 (N125MT), Wiggins, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined.

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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