Piper PA-38-112 N2459F

Summary

On 8 February 1987 at about 13:30 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2459F, operated by Frederdick Aviation, was involved in an accident near Mount Airy, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 February 1987 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Airy, Maryland, United States

Coordinates

39.3703, -77.1504

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2459F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Frederdick Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Frederick → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO87FA020

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT SIMULATED AN ENGINE OUT EMERGENCY BY RETARDING THE THROTTLE. THE STUDENT, WHO HAD NOT SOLOED, BECAME ENGROSSED IN HANDLING THE EMERGENCY. THE INSTRUCTOR KEPT HIS HAND ON THE THROTTLE THROUGHOUT THE PRACTICE MANEUVER. WHEN HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE ABRUPTLY, THE STUDENT LOOKED UP TO SEE THE AIRCRAFT HEADING TOWARDS A ROW OF TREES. MOMENTS LATER, THEY IMPACTED THE GROUND, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND TREES. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE SLIGHTLY OVER THE AUTHORIZED GROSS WEIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.