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| Date: | Tuesday 1 January 2013 |
| Time: | 22:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7700Y |
| MSN: | 30-785 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1370 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 mile SW of Walker County Airport-Bevill Field, Jasper, Alabama -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jasper, AL (JFX) |
| Jasper, AL (JFX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the airport manager, who was also a flight instructor, the student pilot had completed 10 hours of dual instruction in a single-engine airplane and completed three supervised solos. After the student pilot's third supervised solo, he discontinued his training with the airport manager and enrolled in a flight program at a community college. The airport manager did not know if the student pilot continued with his training. A review of the student pilot's records revealed that he had no entries or endorsements related to multiengine, night, or instrument flights.
Instrument meteorological conditions existed on the night of the accident. An airport security video showed the accident airplane taxiing to the active runway. Shortly thereafter, the airplane’s strobe lights can be seen reflecting off of the runway and then illuminating in the low clouds; the strobe lights then disappear from the camera’s view. A witness in the area reported hearing an airplane flying low and then the sound of a loud crash. The witness subsequently contacted the local authorities, and the airplane was located 1 mile from the airport in a heavily wooded area. The airplane’s owner reported that he had not given the student pilot permission to use the airplane. An examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s poor judgment to take a multiengine airplane for which he did not have experience or permission to operate and depart into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of airplane control and impact with terrain.
Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7700Y
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2013 06:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jan-2013 07:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location, Source, ] |
| 02-Jan-2013 07:35 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2013 14:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2013 20:00 | Geno | Updated [Source, ] |
| 03-Jan-2013 09:39 | bizjets101 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2013 11:26 | BoKu | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2013 09:36 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jan-2013 00:45 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 17-Feb-2017 19:39 | ernesta | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Apr-2017 16:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Apr-2017 16:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, ] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:05 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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