Accident · 1991-09-12

NTSB case NYC91FA235 · PIPER PA38-112 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-09-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA38-112 (N9302T)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Castle Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CASTLE AVIATION INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND INADVERTENTLY STALLED AND SPUN THE AIRPLANE AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO ALLOW RECOVERY. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE; THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT AND PLANNING, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION, A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, A FORCED LANDING, AN IMPROPER PROCEDURE BY TURNING BACK TO THE AIRPORT, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.

Source: NTSB case NYC91FA235

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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