20240330002829A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Fort Pierce, FL · March 30, 2024

Date
March 30, 2024 · 13:20 local
Place
Fort Pierce, FL
Airport
Fort Pierce
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
BEJS
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N595ND
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24FA157
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1H6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
1,394 total179 in this make and model104 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 04/30/2024 aircraft was conducting 14 c.f.r. 141 multiengine flight training when while practicing a single engine approach/missed approach the power on the right engine failed to respond due to unknown reasons. The instructor and student pilot both failed to follow the proper procedures for an engine failure which resulted in the airspeed decaying below best climb speed for single engine operation. This decaying of airspeed resulted in the aircraft experiencing a stall/spin at low level when the pilot turned into the dead engine resulting in the crash of the aircraft. The instructor received fatal injuries and the student serious injuries as a result of this accident and the aircraft was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

ON 04/30/2024 AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING 14 C.F.R. 141 MULTIENGINE FLIGHT TRAINING WHEN WHILE PRACTICING A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH/MISSED APPROACH THE POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT BOTH FAILED TO FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCEDURES FOR AN ENGINE FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRSPEED DECAYING BELOW BEST CLIMB SPEED FOR SINGLE ENGINE OPERATION. THIS DECAYING OF AIRSPEED RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCING A STALL/SPIN AT LOW LEVEL WHEN THE PILOT TURNED INTO THE DEAD ENGINE RESULTING IN THE CRASH OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE STUDENT SERIOUS INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS 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.