# Accident 20240614006799A: Piper PA-28-140, Siler City, NC, June 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2024, 12:50 local time
- Place: Siler City, NC
- Airport: Siler City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6966° N, 79.5014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6966&lon=-79.5014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N515DH-2024-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2A (registry code 42120, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 236 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240614006799A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD JUST PERFORMED TOUCH AND GO AT SILER CITY AIRPORT AND WAS BEGINNING CLIMBOUT WHEN THEY RADIOED ANOTHER TRAINING AIRCRAFT THAT THEY WERE HAVING A PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO LAND.

IT APPEARS THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HAVING ENGINE POWER ISSUES, ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING, STALLED SHORT OF AN OPEN FIELD, AND CRASHED AT A STEEP ANGLE INTO THE WOODS APPROXIMATELY A MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AND IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT 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 ERA24FA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA261), Jun 14, 2024: Piper PA28 (N515DH), Siler City, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during a low-speed, low-altitude left turn after encountering an undetermined issue during takeoff, 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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