FAA: Teen Broke Rules With Late-Night Plane Flight (AP) - Federal authorities say a student pilot wasn't following regulations when he took off with two friends on a late-night flight that crashed in north Alabama and killed everyone aboard. A Walker County sheriff's deputy lifts crime scene tape for investigators as National Transportation Safety Board officials continue investigate the fatal crash Tuesday night of a small plane that was reported stolen near Jasper, Ala., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Walker County sheriff's Chief Deputy James Painter says authorities are still investigating but believe the teenagers took the plane without permission before it crashed Tuesday night. (AP Photo/AL.com, Joe Songer) MAGS OUT Close The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that 17-year-old Jordan Ryan Smith of Jasper had a student pilot certificate. Regulations say a student pilot may not act as a pilot in command of an aircraft carrying a passenger. Pilots must also have a multi-engine rating to fly a twin-engine plane like the Piper PA 30 that crashed Tuesday night. Also killed in the crash were 17-year-old Jordan Seth Montgomery and 19-year-old Brandon Tyler Ary, both of Arley.