# Accident 20250917019449A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Astatula, FL, September 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2025, 10:04 local time
- Place: Astatula, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6779° N, 81.7062° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6779&lon=-81.7062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N580JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N580JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250917019449A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2025, FSDO 15 WAS NOTIFIED THAT AN PA-28 AIRCRAFT, N508JA FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT HAD MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED WHEN THE AUTOPILOT WAS ENGAGED, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN AND ATTEMPTS TO CLIMB WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND ON THE UNPAVED DIRT ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND NOSE GEAR DUE TO RIGHT WING IMPACTING A POWER POLE SUPPORT CABLE AND THE LEFT WING IMPACTING A FENCE POST.

## 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 ERA25LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA350), Sep 17, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N580JA), Astatula, FL, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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