# Accident 20240330002829A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-44-180, Fort Pierce, FL, March 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2024, 13:20 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Fort Pierce
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BEJS
- Location: 27.4939° N, 80.3700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4939&lon=-80.3700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N595ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N595ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,394 total, 179 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240330002829A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA24FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA157), Mar 30, 2024: Piper PA-44-180 (N595ND), Fort Pierce North, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the multiengine airplane after a partial loss of engine power on one engine during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.…

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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