No fatalities
10 Jun 2021: PIPER PA-28-140 — Joseph Starnes — Denton, TX
On 10 Jun 2021, a PIPER PA-28-140 operated by Joseph Starnes was involved in an aviation accident near Denton, TX. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The flight instructor and student pilot’s failure to properly manage the airplane’s available fuel resulting in fuel starvation. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 12 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.
Probable cause
The flight instructor and student pilot’s failure to properly manage the airplane’s available fuel resulting in fuel starvation.
— NTSB Determination
Contributing factors
Instructor/check pilotStudent/instructed pilotFluid managementContributed to outcome