- Date
- June 7, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Enon Valley, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2317NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880607021229A
- Case key
- 36003
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft was observed maneuvering at low altitude. The nose was observed to drop and a left rotation started. One witness said the rotation stopped before the aircraft disappeared behind a tree line. The aircraft caught fire within one minute of impact and burned. The private pilot working on commercial maneuvers and the flight instructor were fatally injured. The cockpit area was destroyed by fire. No pre-existing problems were found with the engine or airframe. Company policy was to terminate all maneuvers at 500 ft AGL. The aircraft was maneuvering at steep angles of bank and below 500 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2317N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0785
- Airframe hours
- 2,771
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Beaver Aviation Services Inc.
- Registered owner
- Beaver Aviation Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 3, 1988 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- G01 · Beaver Falls, PA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,105 total · 284 in this make and model · 963 as pilot in command · 381 in the last 90 days · 159 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- G01, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2317N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.