# Accident 20241003016029A: Piper PA-28-181, Tampa, FL, October 3, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2024, 12:15 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7143° N, 82.5231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7143&lon=-82.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8575F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8575F-2026-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241003016029A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 3, 2024, AT 1230 EDT, A PIPER PA28, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO THE WATER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTATIONAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT, ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, ON OCTOBER 3, 2024.

## 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 ERA25LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA003), Oct 3, 2024: Piper PA28 (N8575F), Tampa Bay, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power in flight due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate preflight fuel planning by the student pilot and flight instructor, and the improper…

## Other reports on N8575F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860225017179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860225017179I), Feb 25, 1986: Piper PA28181 (N8575F), Ann Arbor, MI. Returned after trim system became inoperative. Found stabilator trim control cable broken.

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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