# Accident 20240224001329A: Piper PA-32-300, Jackson, OH, February 24, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2024, 11:40 local time
- Place: Jackson, OH
- Airport: James A Rhodes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9961° N, 82.5733° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9961&lon=-82.5733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8963N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8963N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240224001329A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 01 FROM JAMES RHODES AIRPORT (I43) AT 1136, RADAR INDICATED ACTIVE PRECIPITATION PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE TAKEOFF WITH SNOW/FREEZING RAIN.  WITNESS STATES THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED FLYING OVER A HOME ON AN APPROXIMATE RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 01 NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 19.  IT THEN MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT AND ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  IT THEN TURNED LEFT EVENTUALLY ENDING UP NEAR A BASE LOCATION FOR RUNWAY 19, BEFORE CRASHING ABOUT 0.5 NORTH OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 01 AT A POSITION RIGHT OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 01.

THE NIGHT PRIOR THE AIRPLANE TOOK ON 10 GALLONS OF FUEL AT JACKSON, OH.  ALL 4 FUEL CAPS IN PLACE.  BOTH TIP TANKS AND MAIN TANKS WERE BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURNED.

SITE INFOMATION: THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW/LEFT WING SLIGHTLY LOW, UNCONTROLLED ATTITUDE. THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF THE MAIN FUSELAGE WAS: N38 59 46 AND W 82 34 16.   THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET IN LENGTH.  THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS ORIENTED TOWARD 270 MAGNETIC.  THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST ORIENTED TOWARD 110 DEGREES MAGNETIC.   THE FUSELAGE AND ENGINE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT AND WAS DISTROYED BY POST INPACT FIRE.

## 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 ERA24FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA120), Feb 24, 2024: Piper PA32 (N8963N), Jackson, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to depart under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an inflight collision with terrain while maneuvering.

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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