# NTSB Accident GAA16CA077
> **PIPER PA 28** · 2015-12-11 · California, MD, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** GAA16CA077
- **Event ID:** 20151214X64447
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-12-11
- **Location:** California, MD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.316944, -76.558609
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA 28
- **Registration:** N432FL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's descent below the prescribed final approach path at night, and flight instructor's failure to correct the student pilot's descent, which resulted in a collision with trees and impact with the ground.

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